The Ontario e-mail deletion scandal (part 5): the backup tapes

By James Lappin posted 11-26-2013 10:16

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The story so far: A member of the Ontarian Parliament has alleged that Craig MacLennan had broken Ontario's Archives and Recordkeeping Act by deleting e-mails relating to two controversial gas plant closures.

The Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating. All other attempts to locate, restore or salvage the e-mails of Craig MacLennan having failed, the last hope lies with the backup tapes

Next episode: The retention schedules

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James Lappin

01-04-2014 04:17

Hi Lisa - what I plan to do when the series is finished is put it all together into a powerpoint slidepack and make it available via slideshare etc.
Hi Kamal - thanks for your comment - I am not intending any criticism of Toronto and Ontario - it could have happened anywhere! It could happen in any administration that is happy for important officials to delete their e-mail, and which deletes the e-mail accounts of even important staff when they leave.

Kamal Boorghani

11-26-2013 16:37

This is really fun and sad at the same time because I am a Torontonian.

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