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. 188 (i) a government institution; (ii) the Government of Canada or its agencies, Crown corporations or other institutions; (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; Subsection 28(2)(h.1) of LA FOIP permits a local authority to disclose personal information about an individual without consent for any purpose related to the detection, investigation or prevention of an act or omission that might constitute a terrorist activity as defined in the Criminal Code. For this purpose, the local authority may disclose to any of the enumerated parties listed at subsections 28(2)(h.1)(i) through (vi) of LA FOIP. The enumerated parties listed include: (i) A government institution. For subsection 28(2)(h.1)(i) of LA FOIP to apply, the agency in question must qualify as a “government institution”. Government institution means a “government institution” as defined at subsection 2(1)(d) of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. It also includes boards, commissions, Crown corporations and other bodies prescribed in the Appendix, Part I of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations. (ii) The Government of Canada or its agencies, Crown corporations or other institutions. For subsection 28(2)(h.1)(ii) of LA FOIP to apply, the agencies in question must qualify as either “Government of Canada or its agencies, Crown corporations or other institutions”. Because of the possessive pronoun in this clause, “agencies” and “other institutions” should be understood as federal agencies and federal institutions. For “other institutions”, it should be either federal government

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