B.C. steps in as local government struggles to get allegedly stolen files back from former IT manager

Thousands of copied internal files. Hundreds of documents with confidential information. A rogue IT manager accused of helping his son in a fight with his neighbour. A defeated local government asking the province to bring in its top legal minister.

These are elements of a drawn-out privacy-breach battle involving the largest municipality on Vancouver Island and one of its ex-employees, which recently escalated to the point where B.C.’s attorney general has become involved to try to fix the situation.

“This is an unusual matter,” said Troy DeSouza, a lawyer who’s specialized in local government litigation for more than 25 years.

“It’s not too often that you get internal unauthorized information accesses like this and then, more importantly, a refusal

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