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Can a municipality disclose names and addresses of new residents (from the assessment roll or from applications for utilities) to organizations like Welcome Wagon?

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Can a municipality disclose names and addresses of new residents (from the assessment roll or from applications for utilities) to organizations like Welcome Wagon?

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• Not without the consent of the residents. In Order 2000-024, the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that the names and mailing addresses on the assessment roll could not be disclosed outside of the municipality. See also question 41.