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. 203 IPC Findings As of the issuing of this Chapter, the Commissioner has not considered this provision in a Report yet. This section will be updated accordingly when it is considered. Subsection 29(2)(f)(ii) Disclosure of personal information 29(2) Subject to any other Act or regulation, personal information in the possession or under the control of a government institution may be disclosed: … (f) for the purpose of locating an individual in order to: … (ii) make a payment owing to that individual by the Crown in right of Saskatchewan or by a government institution; Subsection 29(2)(f)(ii) of FOIP permits a government institution to disclose the personal information of an individual without consent if the purpose for the disclosure is to locate them to pay them an amount owed to them by the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution. Locate means to discover the exact place or position.585 In this context, it means the act of locating an individual. “Location” means a particular place or position.586 A payment is a sum of money which a government institution owes to an individual.587 The Crown in right of Saskatchewan means the government or Government of Saskatchewan.588 585 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 833. 586 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 833. 587 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. 588 The Legislation Act, SS 2019, c L-10.2 at s. 2-29.

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