Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 8 April 2024. 299 1. Is the information personal information that is evaluative or opinion material? To qualify as personal information, the information must be about an identifiable individual and must be personal in nature. Some examples are provided in subsection 24(1) of FOIP. See Section 24 in the Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, “Protection of Privacy”. Evaluative means to have assessed, appraised, to have found or to have stated the number of.1028 Opinion material is a belief or assessment based on grounds short of proof; a view held as probable for example, a belief that a person would be a suitable employee, based on that person’s employment history. An opinion is subjective in nature and may or may not be based on facts.1029 2. Was the personal information compiled solely for one of the enumerated purposes? Compiled means that the information was drawn from several sources or extracted, extrapolated, calculated or in some other way manipulated.1030 The enumerated purposes are: • For determining the individual’s suitability, eligibility, or qualifications for employment. • For the awarding of contracts with the government institution. • For awarding other benefits. Suitability means right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose or situation.1031 Eligibility means fit and proper to be selected or to receive a benefit; legally qualified for an office, privilege or status.1032 Qualifications means the possession of qualities or properties inherently or legally necessary to make one eligible for apposition or office, or to perform a public duty or function.1033 1028 AB IPC Order 98-021 at p.4. 1029 AB IPC Order 98-021 at p.4. 1030 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions. Accessed April 23, 2020. 1031 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 1434. 1032 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 657. 1033 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1497.
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