Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 275 Opinions are views or judgements not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.710 Professional opinions or observations are not normally subject to correction unless an error can be independently verified.711 Professional means of or relating to or belonging to a profession.712 Observation means a comment based on something one has seen, heard, or noticed, and the action or process of closely observing or monitoring.713 The significance of an opinion may be that it reflects another person’s views at the time it was offered, and it may be important to have a record of that view at a later date. LA FOIP allows an individual to have his or her views about that opinion added to the record in the form of a notation instead of correction (see s. 31(b) below). In each case, the appropriate method for correcting personal information should be determined by taking into account the nature of the record, the method indicated by the applicant, if any, and the most practical and reasonable method in the circumstances. To annotate personal information means to add the requested corrections to the original record, close to the information under challenge by the applicant. An annotation should be signed and dated. When designing electronic forms and databases, provision should be made for allowing annotation.714 To link a record means to attach, join or connect the records to the requested correction. This may consist of a letter or statement from the applicant, or a copy of the request for correction.715 710 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 999. See also SK OIPC Review Reports F-2006-004 at [43], LA-2013-003 at [26] and 139-2017 at [91]. 711 SK OIPC Review Report 125-2017 at [30]. 712 AB IPC Order H2004-004 at [19]. Originates from the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Tenth Edition. 713 AB IPC Order H2004-004 at [19]. Originates from the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Tenth Edition. 714 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 255. 715 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 255.
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