Privacy Breaches Can Be One-Two Punch for Employers: Arbitrator Awards Damages for Employee Credit Checks that Breached Privacy Legislation

Anne Côté and  Terri Susan Zurbrigg of Field Law write:

Twenty-six employees of the Alberta Justice and Attorney General’s Maintenance Enforcement Program (“MEP”) were each awarded $1250.00 in damages each after a Peace Officer carrying out a workplace investigation used their personal information to conduct an Equifax credit check without their knowledge or consent (the “AUPE Arbitration”).

Read more about it on JDSupra.