Privacy Compliance Evaluation Summary - Temperature Screening

Author: CATSA
Date: March 2021

Appropriate Senior Official: Andy Roy – Senior Director, Program Delivery and Benoit Legault – Director, Program Integrity
Section 10 Delegate: Natalie Sabourin, CATSA ATIP Coordinator

This is a summary of the Privacy Compliance Evaluation (“PCE”) completed by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (“CATSA”) for the temperature screening activity. The PCE was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Treasury Board Secretariat Interim Directive on Privacy Impact Assessment, Section 6.4.

The Temperature Screening activity conducted by CATSA is in accordance to Interim Orders signed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to section 6.41(1) of the Aeronautics Act to address significant health risks related to the spread of COVID-19.

The PCE did not reveal any major concerns in terms of compliance with the Privacy Act. Privacy Act.

Type of Program Compliance
Administration of Programs / Activity and Services Yes
Compliance / Regulatory investigations and enforcement Yes
Type of Personal Information Involved and Context Compliance
Only Personal Information, with limited contextual sensitivities, collected directly from the individual or provided with the consent of the individual for disclosure under an authorized program. Yes
Program Partners and Private Sector Involvement Compliance
Within CATSA (amongst one or more programs within CATSA) Yes
Private sector organizations or international organizations Yes
Duration of the Program Compliance
Short-term program Yes
Program Population Compliance
The program affects all individuals for external administrative purposes. Yes

Conclusion
In February 2021, a copy of this PCE was submitted to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) for review.