Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 239 Facilitate means to make easier or less difficult.678 Next of kin is a person’s nearest relative by blood or marriage which could include: a cousin, grandparent, niece, or nephew, who has close ties to the individual who is injured, ill or deceased. For example: • Spouse, parent, child. • Cousins brought up together as siblings. • A grandchild brought up by grandparents.679 Friend is a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.680 It includes someone that has a close personal relationship with the individual. 2. Is the individual injured, ill, or deceased? The subsection is very specific that to rely on this provision, the individual whose personal information is being disclosed to facilitate contact must be either injured, ill or deceased. Injured physically harmed or wounded.681 To be ill means to not be in full health; unwell.682 Deceased means no longer alive.683 Government institutions should exercise caution in making sure that the disclosure under subsection 29(2)(n) of FOIP is not contrary to the expressed wishes of the individual. For example, where the individual has expressly stated they do not want to have contact with a particular family member. 678 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. 679 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. 680 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 566. 681 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 729. 682 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 707. 683 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 367.
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