The main point is that this information was collected outside the legislative authority of CATSA. There is absolutely no legal requirement to take it. It is not illegal to carry this amount of cash domestically. We were told that the reason they did that was almost for convenience. Because they needed to keep an eye on international flights in relation to carrying large amounts of cash, they did it for all flights. Hence, they gathered more information than they were allowed to. They easily conceded that they would stop that practice to be in compliance with the Privacy Act.
On April 26th, 2012. See this statement in context.