The province’s privacy commissioner has once again taken the RNC to task for being vulnerable to breaches by snooping employees.

In his latest report released on Friday, Michael Harvey made six recommendations that mirror similar advice following several other breaches in the past 10 years.

The most recent involves two civilian staff who were alleged to have looked up personal information on several people, several times for “malicious or improper purposes” in 2017.

One of the staff admitted doing it and got a one-month, unpaid suspension; the other denied it all but was given a two-month suspension, which was challenged but upheld at an arbitration hearing.

In his report, which was delayed as the case worked its way through the courts, Harvey acknowledges the RNC’s “culture of privacy” has improved with time. However, he said more work must be done.

“We would strongly encourage senior RNC management to actively take responsibility for leading the entire organization in that direction,” he stated.

In court, the same staffer pleaded guilty and was given an absolute discharge, while the second maintained their innocence and was acquitted.

“While we do not intend to comment further on the outcome of that trial, or to suggest that the court decision was wrong, we must note that the grievance arbitrator, who heard all of the evidence and the extensive submissions of both the employer and the union, upheld the finding of misconduct and the discipline imposed by the RNC,” Harvey stated in his report.