Archive (Tag: privacy)
Protecting Your Personal Information in the Digital Age
Whether adding to your shopping cart from your laptop in a café, doom-scrolling social media on the bus ride home from the office, or engaging in work remotely, our online presences make us more vulnerable to invasions of our privacy. So, how can we protect ourselves from risks to our personal information in an era... read more
Who Signs for a Child? (updated)
When it comes to obtaining the personal information of a child under the age of 18 years, it is commonly accepted that a child cannot sign for themselves. So, who can sign for that child? The Children’s Law Act, 2020 sections 3 and 4 provides: The parents of a child are joint legal decision-makers with... read more
When We Cannot Help You
My office gets calls from residents when they are expecting us to solve their problem. We receive approximately 1500 calls a year. Some of those citizens have called other agencies or public bodies. They may have called the Ombudsman or the Advocate for Children and Youth office, the Ministry of Social Services, Saskatchewan Human Rights... read more
Recent Headlines Give me Concern
From time to time, media speculate on health issues pertaining to a high-profile person in the public eye. One of those headlines involved allegations of an attempted breach of personal health information, which you can find here. The people of Saskatchewan should rest assured that we have laws that prohibit snooping into their personal information... read more