Once it's released, of course— everybody should know. It's improper before a release of an access to information request; it's for interference or potential interference in the situation.
There's another scenario too, and that is that when third parties seek or get your identity—maybe corporations are after it—that poses certain problems as well. The flip side is that there's more than one prying set of eyes after your identity at times—and that puts an access request in for it.