Can schools release the names of teachers and other staff, for example, in a school newsletter?
• Staff names and other personal information are used for a number of purposes. For example, names of staff may be used for payroll purposes, to assign parking, and to advise parents about which teacher teaches their child. • Schools should notify staff of how their personal information will be used. If staff names are then released for these or consistent uses, this is allowed under the FOIP Act. • In general, disclosure of the name, business address and telephone number of a staff member would not be considered an unreasonable invasion of privacy (under section 17(2)(e)). Schools could disclose this information without consent and without a FOIP request (under section 40(1)(b)). However, a school could refuse to disclose the information if it was expected that health or safety would be put at risk (section 18(1)). • Schools, with the input of staff, may develop a policy on when staff information will be released where a written FOIP request has not been made.
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