The Dehcho Divisional Educational Council is appealing a ruling from the N.W.T. Information and Privacy Commissioner that found it acted imp
The Dehcho Divisional Educational Council is appealing a ruling from the N.W.T. Information and Privacy Commissioner that found it acted improperly when it released videos that showed a Fort Simpson teacher dragging a student by their hood.
Andrew Fox, the N.W.T. Information and Privacy Commissioner, ruled in late November that releasing the videos did not satisfy the public interest, and doing so amounted to disclosing the teacher's personal information.
Although the teacher's face couldn't be seen in the videos, Fox wrote that the community is small enough that the teacher could be identified. One of the videos was published by CBC News.
The decision stemmed from a complaint by the teacher that the release of the videos breached their privacy.
But the DDEC has asked a judge to overturn the commissioner's decision, arguing in court documents that releasing the videos was in the public interest and that the school board took all the appropriate steps in doing so. [...]
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