Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 157 employees. The Commissioner found that the City had authority to collect the personal information but also to use it for this purpose pursuant to subsection 27(a) of LA FOIP because the use was consistent with the original purpose for which the text messages were collected. Subsection 27(b) Use of personal information 27 No local authority shall use personal information under its control without the consent, given in the prescribed manner, of the individual to whom the information relates, except: … (b) for a purpose for which the information may be disclosed to the local authority pursuant to subsection 28(2). Subsection 27(b) of LA FOIP permits a local authority to use personal information that has been disclosed to it by another local authority under subsection 28(2) of LA FOIP. Where local authority “A” has received personal information from local authority “B” under subsection 28(2) of LA FOIP, local authority “A” may use that information for the purpose for which it was disclosed by local authority “B”.444 Without this provision, a local authority would be unable to use personal information which other local authorities are authorized to disclose to them.445 In appropriate circumstances, subsection 27(b) of LA FOIP can reduce the number of times an individual must provide the same personal information to local authorities and can reduce the cost of gathering personal information required by more than one local authority.446 444 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions, available at Section 32 - Use of Personal Information - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca). Accessed December 14, 2022. See also Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7, p. 263, and Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-139. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 14, 2022. 445 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions, available at Section 32 - Use of Personal Information - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca). Accessed December 14, 2022. See also Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-139. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 14, 2022. 446 Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-139. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 14, 2022.
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