Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 199 Examples: • A commercial product test. • A soil test conducted at the request of an individual, for which a fee is charged. • A test intended to develop a new drug testing technique.709 (b) As preliminary or experimental tests for the purpose of: (i) Developing methods of testing. (ii) Testing products for possible purchase. In other words, information can be withheld if the testing was done for the purpose of developing testing methods, such as a new methodology for tire recycling. Information can also be applied to test results compiled to determine whether or not a government institution would purchase a product.710 Section 19: Third Party Business Information Third party information 19(1) Subject to Part V and this section, a head shall refuse to give access to a record that contains: (a) trade secrets of a third party; (b) financial, commercial, scientific, technical or labour relations information that is supplied in confidence, implicitly or explicitly, to a government institution by a third party; (c) information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to: (i) result in financial loss or gain to; (ii) prejudice the competitive position of; or (iii) interfere with the contractual or other negotiations of; a third party; (d) a statement of a financial account relating to a third party with respect to the provision of routine services from a government institution; 709 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy and Procedures Manual at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/disclosure-harmful-economic-interests. Accessed July 22, 2019. 710 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4 at p. 193.
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