Guide to LA FOIP-Chapter 6

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 173 Local authorities should still abide by the data minimization and need-to-know principles when disclosing personal information. Only disclose the least amount of personal information necessary to achieve the purpose. Further, only disclose to those that have a need-to-know the personal information to carry out the purpose. See Need-to-Know and Data Minimization earlier in this Chapter. IPC Findings As of the issuing of this Chapter, the Commissioner has not considered this provision in a Report yet. This section will be updated accordingly when it is considered. Subsection 28(2)(c) Disclosure of personal information 28(2) Subject to any other Act or regulation, personal information in the possession or under the control of a government institution may be disclosed: … (c) to the Attorney General for Saskatchewan or to his or her agent or legal counsel for use in providing legal services to the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution; Subsection 28(2)(c) of LA FOIP provides that a local authority can disclose personal information without consent to the Attorney General for Saskatchewan or his or her agent or legal counsel for use in providing legal services to the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution. Attorney General, in this context, is the chief law officer of Saskatchewan responsible for advising the government on legal matters and representing it in litigation.475 An agent of the Attorney General for Saskatchewan can include public prosecutions at the Ministry of Justice.476 475 Modified from Garner, Bryan A., 2009. Black’s Law Dictionary, Deluxe 10th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 154. 476 SK OIPC Review Report F-2012-006 at [111].

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