Information management and privacy rights

Given Privacy Act contains a provision for the appointment this small budget and staffing, it is difficult not to of an Information and Privacy Commissioner, conclude that the Office of the Information and whose mandate is to carry out research on matters Privacy Commissioner, and the issues of access to within the scope of the Act, engage in public information and privacy protection in Saskatchew [...] The CSA Code for the Protection of Personal Information, the model can be applied in both public and private Saskatchewan Government has demonstrated that organizations, because the it takes the issue of issues it addresses, such as privacy protection the collection, use, ". the Saskatchewan Government seriously. [...] As the in Saskatchewan use and sharing of electronic data between organizations have increased, the volume of The extent to which privacy rights are protected exchanged information and the complexity of tasks in Saskatchewan is the primary focus of an official to be performed has grown as well. [...] The Deloitte & Touche 2003 report that none of the departments and report concludes that the general level of privacy- Crown Corporations had a designated Privacy rights protection in Saskatchewan is satisfactory, Officer, even though in many of them, the person but it also identifies areas where the government in charge of complying with the Freedom of needs to improve its performance to reflect [...] The increased flow of departments and Crown Corporations to seek only information among government departments and Page 6. SIPP Briefing Note agencies, and to third parties, makes it imperative manage personal information as prescribed in the to put restrictions on the amount and details of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy information that is accessed and exchanged.