OOR Holds that Individual Names and Addresses contained in S

OOR Holds that Individual Names and Addresses contained in Stormwater Management Agreements and Grant of Easement Agreements Are Not Protected by the Constitutional Right to Privacy | Tucker Arensberg, P.C.


In 
Rosner I”), the request sought Stormwater Management Agreements and Grant of Easement Agreements relating to certain properties within the Township.  The Township redacted the names and home addresses from residents and the requester appealed.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that an individual possesses a constitutional right to privacy in certain types of personal information. 
Pa. State Educ. Ass’n v. Commonwealth, 148 A.3d 142 (Pa. 2016). When a request for records implicates personal information not expressly exempt from disclosure under the RTKL, the OOR must balance the individual’s interest in informational privacy with the public’s interest in disclosure and may release the personal information only when the public benefit outweighs the privacy interest. Id.

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