Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Steps to Request a Correction of Personal Information or Amendment of Personal Health Information. 29 April 2025. trustee’s access and privacy officer. If you require the contact name of the access coordinator for a specific trustee, please contact the IPC. In making that request, indicate you are making the request pursuant to subsection 40(1)(a) of HIPA. There are no prescribed forms to use when making a request for a correction to personal information or an amendment to personal health information. The IPC’s blog, Correction Request – What you Need to Know, outlines what to include when making a request for correction/amendment. Some considerations include: • Identify on each page of the record what personal information/personal health information (word or line item) you believe is incorrect or is omitted. The personal information/personal health information must be your own and not that of a third party. You must include evidence with your written request to support the alleged error or omission. Factual information can be corrected. The individual must provide proof in support of the request for correction of factual information. • Clearly state your proposed correction or amendment. • The alleged error must be a factual error or omission. Opinions cannot be corrected. This includes professional and expert opinions. Records of an investigatory nature cannot be said to be “incorrect,” “in error,” “incomplete,” “inexact” or “ambiguous” if they simply reflect the views of the individuals whose impressions are being set out. Opinions are not errors or omissions if they accurately reflected the views of the author at the time they were recorded, whether the opinion is supported by fact. The truth or falsity of the views or opinions is not the issue. A correction cannot be a substitution of opinion. “Opinions” are views or judgements not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Professional opinions or observations are not normally subject to correction unless an error can be independently verified. Step 3: Wait 30 Calendar days The government institution, local authority or trustee has 30 calendar days to respond to your request for correction of personal information or amendment of personal health information. Subsections 32(3) of FOIP and 31(3) of LA FOIP state that a government institution or local authority can extend its time to respond to your written request for
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