People also provide information to the government when they bid on a government tender. People sometimes want access to government records that contain a business entity's scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, or trade secret. If someone wants access to information held by an institution, he or she makes a request under the Act . The institution that receives the request then determines whether this information can be disclosed. There could be many reasons why someone might want access to your information held by an institution.
Someone wants to see a copy of the agreement setting out the terms of the business deal.
If the institution that received the request decides not to disclose a third party's information, the third party usually will not be contacted. A requester can ask the IPC to review an institution's decision not to disclose information in response to an access request under the Act . This is referred to as an appeal. If it is not possible to settle the appeal through mediation, the Adjudicator sends a Notice of Inquiry to one or more parties. The Notice of Inquiry summarizes the background of the appeal, describes the records at issue, sets out the issues to be decided, and invites the party or parties to submit representations in writing.