Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Use of Drones – Guidelines for Municipal Police Services. Effective 3 Oct. 2023. 4 • Will the public/impacted individuals be notified of the drone being used pursuant to section 25 of LA FOIP. • How will the municipal police service handle the potential over-collection of personal information. What Safeguards Should be put in Place to Properly Protect the Personal Information Once municipal police services have collected personal information, they will need to ensure that they are storing the information in a proper manner and have sufficient safeguards to protect it from improper use or disclosure. • Ensure proper policies are in place for the collection, use, disclosure, destruction and access to information of footage. • Ensure proper technical safeguards are in place to adequately protect personal information collected by the drone. • Provide training for employees who will have access to drone footage. • Determine the frequency of audits and what the audit will look for (such as user accesses). • Need-to-know – limit the number of employees that can access the drone footage to those that have a legitimate need-to-know. How Will Access to Information Requests for Video Surveillance Footage be Handled Once collected, an individual’s personal information as recorded by a drone becomes a record that individuals could request access to. Just as with other records, public bodies will need to determine how they will provide individuals with their right to access this information while protecting the personal information (or images) of other individuals captured by the drone. Software that allows the ability to blur out images may be an option that municipal police services want to acquire. III. After Implementing the use of Drone Technology A consideration for the municipal police service after implementing the use of drone technology is to evaluate and audit its use.
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