An employee of the town of Hafford in Saskatchewan was found to be snooping in public records in order to use the information for personal use, according to a report from the province’s privacy commissioner.
In a ruling handed down on June 29, Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner Ronald Kruzeniski called the snooping the worst kind of privacy breach.
“My office views employee snooping files as the most egregious type of privacy breaches,” Kruzeniski wrote in his ruling, which was first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
He said it was clear the employee was snooping for personal gain, by trying to negotiate a lower purchase price for a home….