Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. MLA Guide to Protecting Personal Information. Effective April 2018. Updated 9 July 2024. 2 What is Personal Information? For a full definition of what is considered personal information, see subsection 24(1) of FOIP. However, subsection 24(1) of FOIP is not an exhaustive list. Generally, in order to be considered personal information, the information must be: • About an identifiable individual. • Be information that is personal in nature. Some of the examples listed at subsection 24(1) of FOIP include (not exhaustive): • An individual’s race, creed, religion, colour, sex, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, disability, age, nationality, ancestry or place of origin. • The personal opinions or views of the individual except where they are about another individual. • The views or opinions of another individual with respect to the individual. • Information that relates to the education or the criminal or employment history of the individual or information relating to financial transactions in which the individual has been involved. • The name of an individual where it appears with other personal information that relates to the individual or the name itself where it reveals personal information about the individual. See also the Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, “Protection of Privacy” for more on what constitutes personal information under FOIP starting at page 30. What is Collection of Personal Information? Collection means to bring or come together; assemble; accumulate; obtain personal information from any source by any means. Constituents regularly consult MLA offices on problems and issues they have with government and/or the health system. In that process of asking for help, they may provide documents or give verbal information that is documented, which contains considerable sensitive personal information. This is an example of a collection.
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