Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 367 • Protecting Personal Health Information, (November 30, 2017): https://www.ipc.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017-11-30-phipa-rotowindsor-web-2.pdf Office of the Manitoba Ombudsman, Access and Privacy Division • Ten tips for Addressing Employee Snooping: Ten Tips for Addressing Employee Snooping (ombudsman.mb.ca) Surveillance “If all that has to be done to win legal and social approval for surveillance is to point to a social problem and show that surveillance would help to cope with it, then there is no balancing at all, but only a qualifying procedure for a license to invade privacy.”865 Surveillance is the close observation or listening of a person or place in the hope of gathering evidence.866 Video and audio surveillance systems are inherently privacy invasive, especially when used by government institutions. Surveillance systems enable governments to monitor and record individuals’ actions and speech. Many government institutions turn to video surveillance to help them fulfill their obligations to protect the safety of individuals and the security of their equipment and property. Video footage captured by cameras is regularly used to assist in the investigation of wrongdoing. However, the use of these surveillance technologies can put individuals’ privacy at risk. Therefore, it is important to carefully consider both whether it is appropriate to install video surveillance and how it is used.867 865 Alan Westin, Privacy and Freedom. Taken from ON IPC resource, Guidelines for the Use of Video Surveillance, October 2015 at p. 1. Available at 2015_Guidelines_Surveillance.pdf (ipc.on.ca). Accessed December 29, 2022. 866 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1746. 867 ON IPC resource, Guidelines for the Use of Video Surveillance, October 2015 at main page introducing the resource. Available at Guidelines for the Use of Video Surveillance - IPC. Accessed December 29, 2022.
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