Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 49 Fingerprints are a mark made on a surface by a person’s fingertip, especially as consisting of a unique pattern used for purposes of identification.142 IPC Findings In Review Report F-2005-001, the Commissioner found that the work phone numbers of government employees were not personal information under FOIP. In Investigation Report F-2012-004, the Commissioner found that an individual’s home address qualified as personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(e) of FOIP. In Review Reports LA-2013-003 and 186-2019, the Commissioner found that a personal email address and an internet protocol (IP) address qualify as the “home address” of an individual and qualifies as personal information pursuant to subsection 23(1)(e) of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In Review Report 277-2016, the Commissioner found that an employee’s government assigned cell phone number and a cell phone number for an owner of a private business that was used for business purposes qualified as “business card information” and did not qualify as personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(e) of FOIP. In addition, the Commissioner found that the names and contact information for lawyers acting in their professional capacity was “business card information”. In Review Report 184-2016, the Commissioner found that the work email address of an employee of the Global Transportation Hub qualified as “business card information” and did not qualify as personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(e) of FOIP. In Review Report 207-2016 to 211-2016, the Commissioner found that the telephone numbers of professional appraisers acting in their capacity as professionals was “business card information” and not personal information. In Review Report 082-2017, the Commissioner found that the contact information for an individual acting in their professional capacity (a former employee’s post office box number, town, province and postal code, telephone number, fax number and email address) was “business card information” and was not personal information. 142 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 531.
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