Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 56 IPC Findings In Investigation Report F-2012-004, the Commissioner found that a Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) letter to a complainant contained details of another letter sent to the then Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour by an individual. The WCB letter appeared to be a reply to the original letter sent. Therefore, it constituted personal information pursuant to subsection 24(1)(g) of FOIP. In Investigation Report 275-2017, the Commissioner found that communications between SaskPower and the complainant that were shared with the Regina Police Service qualified as the personal information of the complainant pursuant to subsection 24(1)(g) of FOIP. In Review Report 156-2017 & 264-2017, the Commissioner found that 11 pages withheld by the RM of Manitou Lake No. 442 (RM) did not contain personal information pursuant to subsection 23(1)(g) of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP). The 11 pages consisted of meeting notes and an unsolicited letter from the RM. Subsection 24(1)(h) 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: … (h) the views or opinions of another individual with respect to the individual; The views or opinions someone has about another individual are the personal information of the individual they are about. Opinions are views or judgements not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.159 Views are particular ways of regarding something; an attitude or opinion.160 159 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 999. See also SK OIPC Review Reports F-2006-004 at [43], LA-2013-003 at [26] and 139-2017 at [91]. 160 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 1598.
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