Public Safety committee  Actually, you are right. In his decision, Justice Noël himself said that his definition of “associated data” may differ from the service's definition. I must admit that it may be a little confusing. The section of data that Justice Noël decided that we could not retain constitute

Public Safety committee  First, we said that we were in the process of amending our policies and procedures. There is an adjustment in terminology, but the terminology matters little. Justice Noël's decision is clear: If the information is not threat-related and linked to third-party communications, we c

Public Safety committee  Maybe John will be able to clarify it. In the database containing all the associated metadata, some of that data was the subject of Justice Noël's decision. When the decision was rendered, we stopped accessing the database in its entirety. Now we are resuming access to the data

Public Safety committee  Perhaps I would like to add that, as part of that analysis, if we cannot clearly determine that the pertinent analysis is linked to a threat for which a report was produced, we err on the side of caution and we leave it in the section that is not accessible.

Public Safety committee  I will let John answer that. But I can say that when associated data is threat-related, an operational report is produced. We are able to establish the link, that is, to go back to the operational report and find the associated data that was used to produce the report. That is h

Public Safety committee  I can give you one example of why we're doing further analysis. Let us say some of that information that is subject to that decision was used in any type of proceeding in the context of a criminal case or an administrative case, and we destroy that information. Then, if we go bac

Public Safety committee  No, it would be me, obviously informing the minister as things progress. It would be informing the minister, and as the minister mentioned, he has asked SIRC to review what we're doing as a result of that decision and to report back to the minister.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  That's what we're trying to do now. It is extremely complex to go back—and I can ask John to explain why—into that data bank of associated data and to do that analysis of what is threat related and non-threat related, what was used before, what was not, and what could be safely d

Public Safety committee  No. Actually, Justice Noël said that he did not express an opinion on the entire matter of privacy in his decision.

Public Safety committee  It may be important to note that Judge Noël did not order the destruction of the information in question. At the moment, we're keeping it because we are continuing our analysis of the decision and what it means for the impact on the organization. There could also be other reaso

Public Safety committee  Like any risk, you cannot say you'll bring it down to zero.

Public Safety committee  As I mentioned, there is a risk. You cannot bring that risk to zero.

Public Safety committee  They had been made aware that the program was in place, yes.

Public Safety committee  No.