Bailey Hildebrand reports:
One northwest restaurant’s potential mistake is a reminder for businesses to take special care of employee files.
Stephen Webster said he was walking in a parking lot last Thursday when he saw file folders scattered in and around a blue disposal bin behind The Cheesecake Company — a restaurant in the midst of closing its doors for property redevelopment.
[…]
The folders contained documents with at least nine past employees’ social insurance numbers and banking information. They also had resumes and contracts with personal phone numbers and addresses.
Read more on Calgary Herald.
When contacted, the police told Webster that there was nothing they could do. They didn’t even retrieve the remaining folders, even though provincial law requires proper disposal of such records. Had Webster contacted the office of the privacy commissioner, would they have sent someone to take custody of the files? Who looks out for the public if a business doesn’t?