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. 52 IPC Findings In Investigation Report F-2012-004, the Commissioner found that an employee number, hire date, last date worked, re-hire date and action to be taken regarding an individual’s employment status would qualify as “employment history” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(b) of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP). Further, the Commissioner found that pay type, pay rate, annual earnings, standard hours per pay would constitute “financial transactions” in which the individual was involved and qualified as personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. In Investigation Report F-2014-002, the Commissioner found that the fact a complainant had paid certain individuals qualified as “financial transactions” the complainant was involved in and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. In Review Report 146-2017, the Commissioner found that whether or not an individual passed or failed an online exam qualified as “educational history” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(b) of FOIP. Subsection 23(1)(c) Interpretation 23(1) Subject to subsections (1.1) and (2), “personal information” means personal information about an identifiable individual that is recorded in any form, and includes: … (c) information that relates to health care that has been received by the individual or to the health history of the individual; This provision is unique to LA FOIP and does not appear in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP). The reason for this is to ensure privacy protection for certain personal health information in the possession or control of a local authority where the local authority is not also a trustee under The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA). To clarify further, all government institutions under FOIP also qualify as trustees under HIPA (see s. 2(t)(i) of HIPA). Conversely, not all local authorities qualify as trustees under HIPA.

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