Saskatoon library ignored lifting of COVID restrictions, privacy commissioner says
“You are expecting me to comply to an invasion of my privacy and are refusing to answer my questions to justify the invasion,” the complainant said in response to the library’s documentation. “I fail to see why it is so difficult to provide me with the law or regulation that permits a person’s private information to be demanded by an employer.”SPL claimed it had a duty to take every reasonable precaution to protect workers.
“SPL determined the frequency of contact with the general public in the workplace created a high-risk environment for the transmission of COVID to employees and took measures to reduce workplace hazards,” read the statement. The Privacy Commissioner explained that while many will look at public safety and consider it more important than privacy, the library still did not have the authority to make its request.
Kruzeniski recommended the library ensure that all of the COVID-19 test results from the complainant within the system be destroyed within 30 days. SPL told Global News that all employee testing and vaccination status information was removed from its system in June 2022.
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