Sask. privacy commission investigates cases of info accessed by Saskatoon Police, pharmacy student
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The commission recently released two reports of entities abusing their credentials to access private documents.
It’s a severe case of snooping, and it’s raising eyebrows at the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commission.
The commission recently released two reports of entities abusing their credentials to access private documents.
Three police officers were found to be snooping for personal information in the Saskatoon Police Service’s (SPS) records management system, according to the report.
The report released on Aug. 27 by Ronald Kruzeniski found the officers looked through this information for personal and non-business-related reasons.
In October 2023, a superintendent of the SPS requested the service’s Access and Privacy Unit to conduct an audit to see if there had been inappropriate access to an investigation file.
The report highlights that the personal information involved in the breach included general identifying information such as names, home address and phone numbers as well as information relating to criminal history and police involvement, and licence plate numbers.
In total, the report says that nine people were affected.
“Our service takes the protection of private information seriously and conducts annual training and periodic audits to ensure compliance,” SPS said in a statement. “We recognize there is still work to be done and we are committed to honouring the recommendations made by the Commissioner.