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. 72 Financial history or activities refer to any past information about an individual’s monetary activities, whether that information has been collated or not. For example, a list of an individual’s investments.184 Credit worthiness relates primarily to an individual’s credit rating but includes any information by which the individual’s financial standing can be ascertained or surmised. For example, an individual’s credit rating.185 IPC Findings In Investigation Report F-2012-002, the Commissioner found that a statement collected by the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board revealed that the complainant had a farm, which was an asset. Therefore, the information in the statement qualified as personal information pursuant to the equivalent provision in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In Review Report F-2013-006, the Commissioner found that information pertaining to an individual’s assets lost and the value of the assets qualified as the individual’s assets. As such, it constituted the individual’s personal information pursuant to the equivalent provision in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In Investigation Report 072-2014, the Commissioner found that, the balance owing on a complainant’s Saskatchewan Telecommunications cell phone account qualified as the complainant’s liabilities. As such, it constituted the complainant’s personal information pursuant to the equivalent provision in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. 184 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions. Accessed April 23, 2020. 185 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions. Accessed April 23, 2020.

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