Guide to FOIP-Chapter 6

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 157 practices against pre-defined standards.472 This provision includes an audit for the Government of Saskatchewan as a whole, one government institution or more than one government institution. Administration of personnel comprises all aspects of a government institution’s internal management, other than personnel management, necessary to support the delivery of programs and services.473 This provision includes the administration of personnel for the Government of Saskatchewan as a whole, one government institution or more than one government institution. Some examples: • Business planning • Financial planning • Contracts with independent contractors and consultants (i.e., contracts for service) • Property • Information and risk management474 Employees should be informed in a general way as to how personnel information about them is collected and from what sources they can expect this information to be derived. They should also be aware of the purposes for which various types of information are used.475 Examples of indirect collection that would be captured by this provision include the collection of references for prospective employees, determination of qualifications and performance for secondment and training opportunities, and the provision of pay and benefit services by one government institution for other government institutions.476 It would also include indirect collection of personal information by the government institution from the Public Service 472 SK OIPC Review Report F-2010-001 at [97]. 473 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 247. Similar definition in 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 17, 2019. See also Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-171. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 15, 2022, and Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 287. 474 Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-171. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 15, 2022. 475 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 247. 476 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 247.

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