A journalist requested electronic data from the police board's databases, asking that names be replaced with randomly-generated unique numbers.
The board refused, arguing this would require the creation of a new record.
The Information and Privacy Commissioner ordered the board to issue access decisions.
On judicial review, the Divisional Court quashed the Commissioner's order, finding that the Assistant Commissioner failed to consider whether the requested record could be produced by means 'normally used by the institution' as required by section 2(b) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
