Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 296 The right provided to individuals by FOIP with regard to the correction of personal information about themselves is not an absolute right to require the correction of any such information that they consider to be incorrect. Such a right would leave government information subject to too great an extent, to the viewpoints of the individuals concerned. There will sometimes be uncertainty about whether particular information is correct or incorrect and independent verification may not be possible or feasible. The individual may take one view and the institution another. In these circumstances, it would be inappropriate to require an institution to “correct” its information to conform with the individual’s view.780 What the right of correction does provide to individuals is a mechanism for requesting the correction of personal information about themselves when they believe that there is an error or omission in the information. The institution in question is then free to make the correction desired or not, as it sees fit. If the correction is made, the individual concerned will have achieved his or her objective. If the institution declines to make the requested correction, the institution is required to make a notation in its records reflecting the correction that was requested but not made. In this way, it is intended that both the government institution’s and the individual’s versions will be on record and available to be taken into account whenever the information in question is used.781 Subsection 32(1) Right of Correction 32(1) An individual who is given access to a record that contains personal information with respect to himself or herself is entitled: (a) to request correction of the personal information contained in the record if the person believes that there is an error or omission in it; (b) to require that a notation be made that a correction was requested but not made; or (c) if the request has been disregarded, to be advised of the reason for which it has been disregarded. 780 McNairn, C., Woodbury, C., 2009, Government Information: Access and Privacy, Carswell: Toronto, p. 8-28. 781 McNairn, C., Woodbury, C., 2009, Government Information: Access and Privacy, Carswell: Toronto, p. 8-28.
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