>>> ACC-NOC ACC-NOC 02/19/16 18:58 >>>NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUAL MAILBOXES APPROVED BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DANIEL DUBEAU, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER ON FEBRUARY 19, 2016.DISTRIBUTION NATIONALE AUX BOÎTES INDIVIDUELLES APPROUVÉE PAR SOUS-COMMISSAIRE DANIEL DUBEAU, DIRIGEANT PRINCIPAL DES RESSOURCES HUMAINES LE 19 FEVRIER 2016.(le français suit)Safeguarding employee health and their personal information

On Saturday, February 20, Global News will be airing a story about a 2012 case concerning the RCMP's handling of the personal and medical information of its employees. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with some context to the case.

In 2012, the RCMP filed a complaint with the College of Psychologists of BC after concerns were raised to senior managers by RCMP in-house health care professionals regarding the outside treatment plans provided to some members. As part of this process, the RCMP originally provided the BC College with redacted copies of the reports which did not contain any personal identifiers. At the subsequent request of the College, the RCMP provided complete copies of the reports.

The Federal Privacy Commissioner conducted an investigation into this case, and issued its report in 2014. Of note, the report makes the following findings:

1. RCMP health care providers can review the patient reports produced to ensure there is an adequate treatment plan in place to help members return to work or continue in their jobs. In other words, the internal disclosures of personal information constituted a consistent use, pursuant to the Privacy Act.

2. Generally, disclosure of personal information by the RCMP to the BC College is permitted under the Privacy Act for the purposes of enabling the College to conduct a lawful investigation. However, the Privacy Commissioner did find that the RCMP contravened the Privacy Act by not considering the legislative authority nor the relevance of the request by the College for seeking the complete patient reports without their prior consent. For this reason, the Privacy Commissioner concluded that the second disclosure was in contravention of section 8 of the Act.Moving forward

The RCMP’s strength is in its people. I wanted to take this opportunity to reaffirm the RCMP’s commitment to the health and safety of our employees. We are also committed to safeguarding the personal information of our employees in accordance with the Privacy Act. Daniel Dubeau, Deputy CommissionerChief Human Resources Officer © 2016 Microsoft Terms Privacy & cookies Developers English (United States)