Governor's Office of Administration v. Purcell

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

This appeal concerns the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL).2 The Governor’s Office of Administration (GOA) petitions for review from a final determination of the Office of Open Records (OOR) which granted Dylan Purcell’s (Requester) appeal from a partial denial (redaction), thereby granting his request for the full birth dates of all Pennsylvania employees.

The case raises an issue of first impression: whether birth dates are protected from disclosure under the current RTKL. GOA argues the RTKL’s personal security exception encompasses a right of privacy. GOA argues this right…