What safeguards are in place to ensure that CSECs activities are legal and respect the privacy of Canadians?
CSEC has in-house legal counsel from the Department of Justice to advise on the legality of proposed operations prior to their implementation.In addition, the CSEC Commissioner independently reviews CSEC’s activities to ensure that they comply with the law. The Commissioner produces an annual public report on his findings, and this report is tabled in Parliament. CSEC is also bound by protective mechanisms entrenched in legislation, such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Human Rights Act, the Privacy Act and the Criminal Code.Like other government organizations, CSEC is subject to periodic examination by the Auditor General, the Privacy Commissioner and the Information Commissioner.
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