CG

I think the category on your list <employment information> is overly broad 
and I think it is important to separate out salary information from this 
category because salary information of Canadian government employees is very 
much public information. So really your organization should not be 
encrypting basic straight-up salary data at all. Including money paid to 
government agency "consultants".  Many government agencies use this category 
of "consultant" to try to get around FOI laws. The Ontario Information & 
Privacy Commisioner has ruled against those employing this tactic.

I think it's important to make it clear to your employees that this salary 
information is public information because many IT and C-level manager types 
think they have the right to keep this information from the Canadian public, 
despite any FOI requests, when in fact it is illegal to keep this 
information from the public. Salary information for Canadian government 
employees is so public, in fact, that Ontario provincial civil servants who 
earn more than $100K/year have their name, title, organizaton and salary 
posted on the Ministry of Finance website. Salaries of civil servants who 
earn less than $100K/year are no less public information, however, just 
because they are not posted on the Ministry's website every year.




Maureen Cusack, M.I.St.

http://www.maureencusack.net

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