Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner

Report: the Applicant requested a record from the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General. The Commissioner found that Justice properly applied section 13(1)(a) of FOIP to the information in the record. oipc.sk.ca/assets/foip-re…

In recognition of Records and Information Management month, our office has a blog with tips that may assist organizations in managing their electronic records oipc.sk.ca/managing-elect…

Report: The snooper in these two matters, is the same person, Investigation Report 166-2025 (Part I) and Investigation Report 082-2025 (Part II) so the two Investigation Reports should be read together oipc.sk.ca/assets/hipa-in…

Report: a privacy breach occurred because Ms. Morgan willfully, and with full knowledge, accessed the personal health information of six individuals without a need-to-know basis. The violations of HIPA involved the willful actions of a rogue employee oipc.sk.ca/assets/hipa-in…

April is Records and Information Management month. Did you know that Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan has some amazing training and resources that may be able to help saskarchives.com/services/recor…

Report: the Commissioner found the City did not properly apply 14(1)(d), 16(1)(a), 16(1)(b), 16(1)(d) or 30(2) of LA FOIP to pages 1 and 2 of Record 81 and did not properly apply 14(1)(d) and 30(2) of LA FOIP to pages 2 to 4 of Record 111 oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: the Applicant requested that the OIPC review the search efforts of the City to identify records responsive to their request. The Commissioner found the City conducted a reasonable search and recommended the City take no further action oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: the Applicant requested a review with respect to the SHA decision to transfer Part 2 of the request and also requested that this office review the SHA application of the mandatory exemption in section 28(1) of LA FOIP to Part 3 of the request oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

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Report: the Commissioner found the RM did not demonstrate that the fee estimate was reasonable. The Commissioner recommended the RM issue a new fee estimate of $94.50 and upon payment of the 50% deposit, proceed to fulfill the access to information request oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: The Commissioner recommended that the Ministry of Health continue to withhold the information under section 17(1)(a) of FOIP oipc.sk.ca/assets/foip-re…

Report: the requirements to disregard the Applicant’s access request pursuant to section 43.1(2)(a) of LA FOIP are met. The Commissioner granted the application from the RM to disregard the Applicant’s current access request oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: the Applicant submitted an access to information request to the Moose Jaw Police Service for records related to the investigation, charging, prosecution, reconsideration and staying of a charge against them. Read the full report here: oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: the Commissioner concluded that the U of S fully released the totality of the Applicant’s employee file. Should the Applicant wish to access additional records over and above the contents of the employee file, a separate access request may be made oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: The Deputy Commissioner found that the School Division: (1) conducted a reasonable search for responsive records and that; (2) it properly applied section 28(1) of LA FOIP to the redacted portions of the responsive record oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: The Commissioner found that the root cause of the privacy breach can be attributed to the failure of the school divisions to employ adequate administrative and physical safeguards, which contributed to human error. oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

Report: The Commissioner found that Health properly applied section 16(1) of FOIP to Record 1 and Record 2 in the entirety and recommended that Health continue to withhold access to Record 1 and Record 2 in their entirety pursuant to section 16(1) of FOIP oipc.sk.ca/assets/foip-re…

Report: The Commissioner found a privacy breach occurred, as the Village of Mortlach did not have authority to disclose the complainant's personal information. Recommended the Village complete and provide an internal investigation report within 60 days. oipc.sk.ca/assets/la-foip…

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