Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 254 need-to-know the personal information to carry out the purpose. See Need-to-Know and Data Minimization earlier in this Chapter. 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)(r) 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: … (r) to the Ombudsman; Subsection 29(2)(r) of FOIP permits a government institution to disclose personal information without consent to the Ombudsman. The Saskatchewan Ombudsman is an independent Officer of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Office of the Ombudsman deals with complaints from people who feel they have been treated unfairly by provincial or municipal government organizations including government institutions.710 To fulfill its mandate, the Ombudsman’s Office may need personal information from a government institution to investigate a complaint or for another purpose related to the duties of the Ombudsman’s Office. A government institution may disclose personal information without consent to the Office of the Ombudsman provided it is for the purpose of enabling performance of the duties of the Ombudsman. Government institutions should still abide by the data minimization and need-to-know principles when disclosing personal information. Only disclose the least amount of personal information necessary to achieve the purpose. Further, only disclose to those that have a 710 Ombudsman Saskatchewan, About the Ombudsman: Brochure. Available at https://ombudsman.sk.ca/app/uploads/2020/01/OMB-General-Brochure-panel-by-panel.pdf.
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