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Annotated Section Indexes
To view an index of report references to
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Act, (FOIP)
The Local Authority Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP) The Health Information Protection Act
(HIPA)
click on the appropriate hyperlink below:
Review Reports
The
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Report F-2012-001/LA-2012-001
(Ministry of Government Services) - records received in
confidence from local authority; financial, commercial
information supplied in confidence by third party - sections
13(2), 19(1)(b), 18(1)(d) and 18(1)(f) of FOIP.
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Report F-2010-002
(Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour;
Ministry of Executive Council; Ministry of Justice and Attorney
General; Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board; Saskatchewan
Workers' Compensation Board) - section 7 FOIP requirements,
frivolous, vexatious and bad faith requests for review,
discontinued reviews pursuant to section 50(2) FOIP.
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Report F-2010-001
(Ministry of Health) - appropriateness of fee estimates,
extension of time to respond, duty to assist, 'obtained in
confidence', 'advice', 'financial, commercial . . . .
information', forming of auditing, solicitor-client privilege,
personal information - sections 12, 13(2), 17(1)(a), 19(1)(b), 20(a),
22, 24(1) and 29 of FOIP.
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Report F-2008-002 (Ministry
of Justice and Attorney General) – possession or control by a
government institution – sections 2(1)(d), 5 and 7(2)(e) of FOIP.
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Report F-2008-001 (Saskatchewan
Corrections and Public Safety) - adequate search for responsive
records; implied duty to assist; timeliness of response -
sections 7,
13(1)(a), 21 and 29(1) of FOIP and section 38(1)(a) of HIPA.
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Report F-2007-002 (Saskatchewan Government
Insurance) - burden of proof when claiming discretionary
exemptions such as consultation and deliberation and solicitor
client privilege to withhold records - sections 17(1)(b)(i), 22 and
61 of FOIP.
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Report F-2007-001 (Saskatchewan Northern Affairs) - fee estimate, how
to process fee waiver, each government institution has
responsibility only for records in its possession or under its
control, not for records in other government institutions,
disclosing identity of applicant to the other government
institutions - sections 9(5), 5, 6, 7, 11, and 24 of FOIP and
sections 6(2),
7 and 9 of FOIP Regulations.
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Report F-2006-005 (Saskatchewan
Government Insurance, Saskatchewan Telecommunications,
Saskatchewan Health, Saskatchewan Power Corporation,
Saskatchewan Energy
Incorporated) - extension of time to respond to access requests -
sections 7 and 12, requirements for proper notice of extension, burden
of proof, extensions inappropriate if public body inadequately
resources FOIP, need for consultations must be particularized,
some limits on outside consultation in order to respond to access
request.
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Report F-2006-004 (Saskatchewan Human Rights
Commission) - duty to assist, lawful investigations, consultations
and deliberations - sections 15(1)(c), 17(1)(b) and 29(2) of FOIP.
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Report F-2006-003 (Saskatchewan Justice) - extension
of 30 days to respond - sufficiency of response under section
7(2)(d) - how to sever under section 8 and how to communicate
reason for severance to applicant
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Report F-2006-002 (Saskatchewan Research Council) -
access request for information on environmental testing of
samples - sections 13(1)(a), 17(1)(a), 17(2)(c)(i), 18(1)(f), 18(2)(a), and
19(1)(b) of FOIP.
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Report F-2006-001
(Saskatchewan Corrections and Public Safety) - solicitor acting
for applicant - blanket application of discretionary exemptions
- "obtained in confidence" - "with respect to a lawful
investigation" - "personal information" - sections 15(1)(c),
13(2), and 29(1) of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-007
(Saskatchewan Government Insurance) - motor vehicle claims
history - definition of personal information - sections 24 and 29(1)
of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-006
(Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority) - customer
satisfaction survey - right of use - "commercial" - monetary
value - section 18(1)(b) of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-005 (SaskEnergy Incorporated) - fee
estimate - burden of proof for fee claim - content of fee
estimate - sections 7,8 and 9 of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-004 (Saskatchewan Government
Insurance) - personal injury documents - "consultation" - section
17(1)(b)(i) of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-003 (Crown Investments Corporation) -
utility bundle records - "reasonable expectation of prejudice"
- sections 19(1)(b), 19(1)(c)(ii) and 61 of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-002 (Saskatchewan Justice) - litigation documents - no
confirmation whether responsive records exist - sections 7(4)
and 22
of FOIP.
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Report F-2005-001 (Saskatchewan Labour) - industrial accident records -
sections 24 and 29 of FOIP; section 2(m) of HIPA.
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Report F-2004-007 (Saskatchewan Property Management
Corporation) - leased premises and financial records - adequacy
of search - new exemption claim - section 18(1)(d), 18(1)(f) and 19(1)(c)
of FOIP.
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Report F-2004-006 (Saskatchewan Human Rights
Commission) - investigation file - lawful investigation -
investigation record from another organization - section 15(1)(c)
of FOIP.
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Report F-2004-005 (Executive Council) - public
opinion survey - duty to assist - sections 7(2)(c) and 61 of FOIP.
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Report F-2004-004 (Saskatchewan Industry and
Resources) - budget materials - verbal consent - sections 16(1)(a),
61 and 69 of FOIP.
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Report
F-2004-003 (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) - details
of relapse benefits - duty to assist - purpose of Act - section 29
of FOIP.
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Report F-2004-002 (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) -
personal injury documents - section 17(1)(b)(i) of FOIP.
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The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act
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- Report
F-2012-001/LA-2012-001 (Resort Village of Fort San)
- adequate search for responsive
records, role of Mayor and Resort Village in dealing with
development proposal, failure to document search efforts,
possession or control – sections 5 and 7 of FOIP.
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- Report LA-2011-004 (City
of Saskatoon) -
discretionary exemption raised for the
first time at the review stage, 'advice, proposals,
recommendations, analyses or policy options' exemption and
'consultations or deliberations' involving employees of the
City, burden of proof – ss. 16(1)(a) and 16(1)(b) of LA
FOIP; ss. 55 and 100 of The Cities Act.
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Report LA-2011-003 (City
of Saskatoon) -
discretionary exemption raised for the
first time at the review stage, records of Executive Committee
meeting – s. 15(1)(b)(i) of LA FOIP; ss. 91(1)(a), 93(1),
93(2), 94(4) and 94(5) of The Cities Act.
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Report LA-2011-002 (City
of Saskatoon) - draft audit report,
'supplied by third party' – ss. 18(1)(b) and 18(1)(c) of
LA FOIP.
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Report LA-2011-001 (City
of Saskatoon) - two requests
for access, withheld and severed information, advice from
officials, third party exemptions, solicitor client privilege –
ss. 18(1)(a), 18(1)(b), 18(1)(c), 16(1)(a), 16(1)(b), 16(1)(c),
21, 28(1), 51 of LA FOIP.
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Report LA-2010-002 (City
of Saskatoon) -
possession or
control, deadline for initiating request for review, placing
record with city for archival purposes, delay in OIPC review, LA
FOIP sections 7(3) and 3(10(c).
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Report LA-2010-001 (City
of Saskatoon) -
advice,
recommendations, etc. by or for local authority, consultations
and deliberations, positions, plans developed for contractual
negotiations, proposed plans reasonably expected to disclose
pending policy or decision, solicitor-client privilege, personal
information, LA FOIP sections16(1)(a), 16(1)(b), 16(1)(c),
16(1)(e), 21 and 23(1).
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Report LA-2009-002 (Regina Qu'Appelle Regional Health
Authority) - duty to assist, “related to administration of an
estate”, information “collected principally in anticipation of,
or for use in, a civil, criminal or quasi-judicial proceeding”,
“advice from officials”, solicitor-client privilege and personal
information of third parties, HIPA sections 2(m), 2(m)(iv),
2(t)(ii), 27(4)(e), 35, 38(1)(d)9iii), 38(1)(e), 46(1),56,56(a)
and LA FOIP sections2(f), 2(f)(xiii), 8, 16(1), 16(1)(a),
16(1)(b), 21, 23, 23(1), 23(1)(b), 23(1)(c), 23(2), 23(3),
27(4)(e)(i), 28(1), 28(2), 43, 49, 49(a), 49(1) and FOIP section
17(1)(b) and LA FOIP Regulations s. 5.
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- Report LA-2009-001
(The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation) - what is a “third
party”, “financial, commercial, scientific or technical
information”, LA FOIP sections 18(1)(b), 18(1)(c) and 28(1), 3,
4, 17 and 13(2).
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Report LA-2007-002
(Rural Municipality of Edenwold #158) - property tax information
- material available for purchase by the
public; disclosure of property tax information independent of a
formal request for access - ss. 3(1)(a) and (b), 23 and 28 LA
FOIP
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Report LA-2007-001
(University of Saskatchewan) - discussion of Weidlich v.
SaskPower, treatment of letters of resignation, treatment of
"advice, proposals, recommendations, analyses or policy options"
- ss. 28, 16(1)(a) & (b), 14(1)(d), 17(1)(d) & (f) LA FOIP
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Report
LA-2004-001 (Lloydminster Public School Division) - duty
to assist - transitory records - volunteer or employee - s.
30(2) LA FOIP
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Health Information Protection Act
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Report H-2009-001 (Regina Qu'Appelle Regional Health
Authority) - duty to assist, “related to administration
of an estate”, information “collected principally in
anticipation of, or for use in, a civil, criminal or
quasi-judicial proceeding”, “advice from officials”,
solicitor-client privilege and personal information of third
parties, HIPA sections 2(m), 2(m)(iv), 2(t)(ii), 27(4)(e), 35,
38(1)(d)9iii), 38(1)(e), 46(1),56,56(a) and LA FOIP
sections2(f), 2(f)(xiii), 8, 16(1), 16(1)(a), 16(1)(b), 21, 23,
23(1), 23(1)(b), 23(1)(c), 23(2), 23(3), 27(4)(e)(i), 28(1),
28(2), 43, 49, 49(a), 49(1) and FOIP section 17(1)(b) and LA
FOIP Regulations s. 5.
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- Report H-2008-002 (Dr.
Val Mary Harding, Harding Psychological Services, Lebell &
Associates) – access to independent medical examination report
and other personal health information; reasonable expectation of
harm; disclosure of identity of a confidential source;
contracting out of HIPA; need for trustee to have policies and
procedures for HIPA compliance – ss. 2(m),(t) and (u), 6, 16,
38(1)(a), 38(1)(c), 47 and 64(1)(e) HIPA
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- Report H-2008-001 (Saskatoon Regional Health Authority) –
request for access, duty to assist, inadequacy of trustee’s
response, paramountcy with The Mental Health Services Act
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ss. 7, 10, 20, 22, 28 LA FOIP; ss. 4(4) , 35(1), 36(1) and (3),
38(1)(a), 39 HIPA
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- Report H-2007-001 (Saskatchewan Cancer Agency) – denial of patient’s access
request; “…could reasonably be expected to endanger the
mental or physical health or the safety…” - section 38(1)(a) HIPA
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Report H-2006-001 (Saskatoon Regional Health
Authority) - access to personal health information of deceased
person - Part V and s. 56 HIPA - disclosure under s. 27(4)(e) HIPA
- commentary re: fees.
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Investigation Reports (Breach of Privacy)
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
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Investigation Report F-2010-001 (Saskatchewan Government
Insurance) - Jurisdiction of OIPC to investigate alleged
breach of privacy by SGI, excessive collection of personal
information, role of consent from claimants under The
Automobile Accident Insurance Act (AAIA), transparency
of SGI collection, use and disclosure practices, issue of
over-collection of personal information, the interplay
between the rules for collection of personal health
information by SGI and the duty of trustees under HIPA to
disclose the least amount of personal health information
necessary for the purpose, ss. 23, 24, 25, 28 and 29 FOIP,
ss. 4, 16 and 23 HIPA and s 12 FOIP Regulation.
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Investigation Report F-2009-001 (Saskatchewan Workers'
Compensation Board) -- Preliminary questions of whether
complaint was frivolous or vexatious, whether the OIPC required
consent of Complainant and whether OIPC investigation can
co-exist with a civil action; disclosure of personal information
without consent or authority; duty to ensure personal
information is accurate and complete; whether FOIP is paramount
to The Workers’ Compensation Act. FOIP sections 2(2), 3,
4(a), 4(b), 23, 26, 26(3), 27, 28, 29, 29(2)(a), 31, 33, 50(2),
59, 59(e); HIPA sections 4(4) and 4(b) and The Workers’
Compensation Act, sections 171, 171(1), 171.1 and 171.2 and
The Interpretation Act, section 10.
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Investigation Report F-2007-001 (Saskatchewan
Workers’ Compensation Board) – Disclosure of personal
information (pi) and personal health information (phi) to
worker’s employer; failure to adequately safeguard pi and phi
when it was sent by ordinary mail; policies and procedures to
conform to section 16 of HIPA; non-compliance with
Overarching Personal Information Privacy Framework for Executive
Government; HIPA sections 2(h), 2(m), 2(t)(i), 4(4), 4(6),
9, 10, 16, 25, 27(3)(b), 27(4)(e)(ii)(B), 42(1)(c) and 52; FOIP
sections 2(1)(d)(i), 2(1)(e), 8, 21, 23(3), 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32,33(d) and 60. FOIP Regulations s. 4
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The
Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act
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Investigation Report LA-2010-001 (City of Saskatoon) - inadequate
response to breach of privacy complaint, disclosure of personal
information to federal agency without consent, burden of proof,
limiting rule for disclosure
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Health Information Protection Act
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- Investigation Report H-2011-001 (Dr.
Teik Im Ooi) -
Duty to protect, requirement for written policies and
procedures, privacy officer, retention and destruction policy,
off-site storage of health records, information management
services provider contract, maintaining oversight of personal
health information, breach notification; HIPA sections 2(j),
2(m), 2(t), 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 64.
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Investigation Report H-2010-001 (L & M
Pharmacy Inc., Sunrise Regional Health Authority, Ministry of
Health) - Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP), EHR,
“viewing”, collection, use, disclosure of personal health
information, requirement for trustee policies and procedures,
general duties, transaction-specific duties of trustee, privacy
or confidentiality, role of PIP Approver, log-in procedure, role
of PIP User, Postscript, HIPA sections 2(m),(t),(u), 9, 10, 16,
18, 23, 24, 24(2), 24(3), 24(4), 25, 25(1)(f), 27, 27(3),
27(4)(a), 27(4)(l), 27(4)(n), 27(4)(o), 27(4)(p), 28, 20, 30,
42(c), 43(2)(f), 52(b), 52(c), 52(d) 52(e)
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Investigation Report H-2007-001 (Saskatchewan
Health) – Unsealed or improperly sealed envelopes containing
personal health information. Adequate safeguards, how to
respond to a privacy breach complaint, and root cause analysis
of breach complaint - ss. 2(1)(d)(i), 24(1), 33(d) FOIP and ss.
2(j), 2(m), 2(t)(i), 4(4)(g.1), 16, 18, 42(1)(c), 52(d) HIPA
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Investigation Report F-2007-001 (Saskatchewan
Workers’ Compensation Board) – Disclosure of personal
information (pi) and personal health information (phi) to
worker’s employer; failure to adequately safeguard pi and phi
when it was sent by ordinary mail; policies and procedures to
conform to section 16 of HIPA; non-compliance with
Overarching Personal Information Privacy Framework for Executive
Government; HIPA sections 2(h), 2(m), 2(t)(i), 4(4), 4(6),
9, 10, 16, 25, 27(3)(b), 27(4)(e)(ii)(B), 42(1)(c) and 52; FOIP
sections 2(1)(d)(i), 2(1)(e), 8, 21, 23(3), 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32,33(d) and 60. FOIP Regulations s. 4
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