Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 146 Section 26: Standard of Accuracy Standard of accuracy 26 A local authority shall ensure that personal information being used by the local authority for an administrative purpose is as accurate and complete as is reasonably possible. Section 26 of LA FOIP requires that local authorities ensure that personal information being used for an administrative purpose is as accurate and complete as is reasonably possible. This requirement is intended to minimize the possibility that a decision affecting an individual will be made based on inaccurate, obsolete, or incomplete information.411 Section 26 incorporates a fundamental principle of “fair information practices” (see 10 Fair Information Principles, Accuracy earlier in this Chapter), in that it requires that local authorities who use personal information to make decisions about an individual ensure the information is accurate and complete. The importance of this “data quality” principle cannot be overstated; its absence can lead to serious consequences.412 Administrative purpose means the use of personal information about an individual in a decision-making process that directly affects the individual. This includes all uses of personal information for confirming identity (i.e., authentication and verification purposes) and for determining eligibility of individuals for local authority programs.413 Accurate means careful, precise, lacking errors.414 Inaccurate information means wrong, incomplete, or misleading information or information that does not reflect the truth.415 411 Drapeau, Professor Michel W., Racicot, Me Marc-Auréle, Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated 2021, (Toronto: Thomson Reuters 2020) at p. 6-84. 412 SK OIPC Review Report F-2006-003 at [49]. Originates from AB IPC Order 98-002 at [86] and [87]. 413 Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Access to information and privacy, Policies, directives, standards and guidelines. Available at Policy on Privacy Protection- Canada.ca. 414 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7, p. 251. See also Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-95. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 13, 2022. 415 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions. Accessed April 23, 2020.
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