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Privacy watchdog, Saanich spar over spyware comments
Letters between Saanich CAO and B.C. Privacy Commissioner detail ‘demoralized’ staff after investigation Daniel Palmer News staff
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Local literature From Left, Andrea Minter, co-owner of Russell Books, Victoria Davis and Stephanie Nielson, of St. Margaret’s School Parent Auxiliary, and Sarah McLeod, St. Margaret’s teacher librarian, gathered at St. Margaret’s School to celebrate St. Margaret’s and Sir James Douglas elementary new partnership with Russell Books to provide book fairs that focus on a local, sustainable and accessible model. “Key to this personalized book fair is that care and connection between the people providing the books with students, parents and teachers,” McLeod said. “We’re reading more than we ever have before, but it’s that need for community that I don’t think will ever be lost.” The book fair takes place HSC15206-SeaRangers-CleanUp-Ad-10.33x2-v3.pdf 1 2015-04-20 4:04 PM at the school on May 1 and will coincide with Grandparents Day.
Saanich’s top bureaucrat and B.C.’s Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham privately sparred over comments Denham made following her investigation into the municipality’s use of spyware, documents obtained by Saanich News reveal. In a letter dated April 2 to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, Saanich’s Chief Administrative Officer Andy Laidlaw takes exception to a March 30 press release in which Denham states that one of the most disappointing findings from her investigation was Saanich’s “near-complete lack
of awareness and understanding of the privacy provisions of B.C.’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).” Laidlaw details how Denham’s public comments have left staff demoralized and says council and citizens are now questioning their level of confidence in the District’s programs. “You have a position of influence and while your intent may have been to link your statement only to your limitedscope investigation, it has been interpreted in a much broader scope,” Laidlaw writes to Denham. PLEASE SEE: Watchdog stands by comments, Page A15