Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. MLA Guide to Protecting Personal Information. Effective April 2018. Updated 9 July 2024. 1 MLA Guide to Protecting Personal Information DISCLAIMER: This document is not intended to provide legal advice and is provided for informational use only. A Guide to Part IV of FOIP for Members of the Legislative Assembly and their Offices As of January 1, 2018, offices of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and their employees are subject to most of Part IV of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP). In this document, they will be referred to as “MLA offices.” Subsection 3(3) of FOIP provides: 3(3) Subject to the regulations, the following sections apply, with any necessary modification, to offices of members of the Assembly and their employees as if the members and their offices were government institutions: (a) sections 24 to 30; (b) section 33. Constituents often entrust MLA offices with personal information. Part IV gives the citizen certain rights of protection and imposes obligations on MLA offices. As a result, MLA offices must take steps to protect personal information. The only sections in Part IV that do not apply to MLA offices are sections 31 and 32. Section 31 deals with a person’s right to access that person’s personal information. Section 32 deals with a person’s right to a correction of personal information. Please note that Members of the Executive Council and their offices (Ministers’ offices) are also subject to certain provisions in Part IV of FOIP. For more information, see our office’s resource: A Ministers’ Guide to Protecting Personal Information.
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