OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog is pressing for changes to security screening procedures for public servants.
An internal memo prepared by the privacy commissioner's office says the government has "not demonstrated the need" for several intrusive measures — from credit checks to polygraph tests.
The memo says the watchdog will continue to press the Treasury Board Secretariat to justify provisions of its security-screening standard, but also that the Treasury Board has largely proceeded without taking the privacy commissioner's advice over the years.
The privacy commissioner's office says Treasury Board has emphasized the need to align Canada's screening practices with those of the other Five Eyes nations — members of an intelligence-sharing alliance that includes Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the United States.
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