Can a municipality release information it receives from companies regarding notices of construction for access roads, well-sites, etc.?
• If the information requested relates to an application for a development permit or subdivision approval, then refer to questions 55 to 58 below. • The records requested should be reviewed to determine whether any of the exceptions to disclosure in the FOIP Act would apply, especially section 16, and then all or part of the records would be released based on this review. • If the notice refers to an individual rather than to a company, personal information such as home phone number or home address, if different than the location of the work site, should not be disclosed without the individual’s consent. • A municipality may be asked regularly for notice information. If this is the case, a municipality could compile and maintain a list of notices, including the names of the companies and the legal land descriptions referred to in the notices. This should not be done when the affected companies have an expectation of confidentiality regarding the business information in the notice. To e
