The Saskatchewan privacy commissioner has ruled that the Saskatoon Public Library (SPL) violated the Privacy Act by forcing employees to share their COVID-19 test results and personal medical data, even after the province lifted mandates. The commissioner additionally found the library used the information in violation of the Privacy Act.
“The Saskatoon Public Library did not have legislative authority to collect the Covid-19 test results,” Commissioner Ronald Kruzeniski said in an investigation report dated Jan. 16 and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
The library sent an email to an employee on March 11, 2022, stating that employees who had not provided proof of full vaccination or a valid exemption must submit COVID rapid antigen test results every 72 hours….