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. 45 plain unambiguous meaning of the words of the statute.131 “Relating to” requires some connection between the information and the financial information.132 IPC Findings In Investigation Report F-2012-004, the Commissioner found that an employee number, hire date, last date worked, re-hire date and action to be taken regarding an individual’s employment status would qualify as “employment history” and constituted personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. Further, the Commissioner found that pay type, pay rate, annual earnings, standard hours per pay would constitute “financial transactions” in which the individual was involved and qualified as personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. In Investigation Report F-2014-002, the Commissioner found that the fact a complainant had paid certain individuals qualified as “financial transactions” the complainant was involved in and constituted personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. In Review Report 146-2017, the Commissioner found that whether or not an individual passed or failed an online exam qualified as “educational history” and constituted personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. Subsection 24(1)(d) Interpretation 24(1) Subject to subsections (1.1) and (2), “personal information” means personal information about an identifiable individual that is recorded in any form, and includes: … (d) any identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual, other than the individual’s health services number as defined in The Health Information Protection Act; An identifying number or symbol is, by itself, a piece of personal information because it uniquely identifies an individual. Examples include an individual’s social insurance number, 131 Ministry of Attorney General and Toronto Star, 2010 ONSC 991 (CanLII) at [45]. This case dealt specifically with an appeal regarding Ontario’s FOIP legislation. 132 Adapted from Ministry of Attorney General and Toronto Star, 2010 ONSC 991 (CanLII) at [43].

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