Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 182 qualified as a “law enforcement agency” for purposes of subsection 29(2)(g) of FOIP. Further, that the disclosure was made for the purposes of an RPS investigation of a bomb threat which qualified as a “lawful investigation”. Further, RPS requested the material from SaskPower. Finally, there were no additional requirements listed in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations. Therefore, the Commissioner found that SaskPower had authority to disclose the complainant’s personal information to the RPS pursuant to subsection 29(2)(g) of FOIP. Subsection 28(2)(h) Disclosure of personal information 28(2) Subject to any other Act or regulation, personal information in the possession or under the control of a local authority may be disclosed: … (h) pursuant to an agreement or arrangement between the local authority and: (i) the Government of Canada or its agencies, Crown corporations or other institutions; (ii) the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution; (iii) the government of another province or territory of Canada, or its agencies, Crown corporations or other institutions; (iv) the government of a foreign jurisdiction or its institutions; (v) an international organization of states or its institutions; or (vi) another local authority; for the purpose of administering or enforcing any law or carrying out a lawful investigation; Subsection 28(2)(h) of LA FOIP permits a local authority to disclose personal information about an individual without consent for the purpose of administering or enforcing any law or carrying out a lawful investigation where there is an agreement or arrangement between the local authority and any of the enumerated parties listed at subsections 28(2)(h)(i) through (vi) of LA FOIP. The enumerated parties listed include:
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