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. 57 IPC Findings In Investigation Reports F-2005-001 and LA-2012-002, the Commissioner found that employee numbers qualified as an “identifying number” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(d) of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP). In Investigation Report F-2012-004, the Commissioner found that social insurance numbers qualified as an “identifying number” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(d) of FOIP. In Review Report F-2013-007, the Commissioner found that claim numbers qualified as an “identifying number” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(d) of FOIP. In Review Report 031-2015, the Commissioner found that a driver’s licence number qualified as a “identifying number” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(d) of FOIP. In Review Report 117-2018, the Commissioner found that a company’s business number (the nine-digit number Canada Revenue Agency assigns to a business) did not qualify as personal information, but rather third party information pursuant to subsection 19(1)(b) of FOIP (equivalent subsection 18(1)(b) in LA FOIP). In Investigation Report 216-2018, 218-2018, the Commissioner found that an application number qualified as an “identifying number” and constituted personal information pursuant to the equivalent subsection 24(1)(d) of FOIP. Subsection 23(1)(e) 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: … (e) the home or business address, home or business telephone number, fingerprints or blood type of the individual;

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