Communications Security Establishment Commissioner Annual report 2014-2015 : Annual report 2014-2015

Annex A contains the text of the relevant sections of the National Defence Act and the Security of Information Act relating to my role and mandate as CSE Commissioner (p. [...] Our approach The purpose of my review mandate is: • to determine whether CSE complies with the law and, if I believe that it may not have complied, to report this to the Minister of National Defence and to the Attorney General of Canada; • to determine whether the activities conducted by CSE under ministerial authorization are, in fact, those authorized by the Minister of National Defence, and to [...] The Minister of National Defence has provided direction to the Chief of CSE on metadata activities, including on the protection of the privacy of Canadians, through the 2011 ministerial directive entitled Communications Security Establishment Collection and Use of Metadata. [...] The objectives of this review were: • to acquire detailed knowledge of, and to document, the foreign signals intelligence activities of the Cyber Support Detachments; • to determine whether CSE ensured that the foreign signals intelligence activities of the Cyber Support Detachments complied with the law; and • to assess the extent to which CSE ensured the protection of privacy of Canadians in act [...] Conclusion Based on the information received, the documents examined, the activities observed and the interviews conducted, I concluded that the Cyber Support Detachment activities conducted under the authority of Part V.1 of the National Defence Act were in compliance with the law, ministerial direction, and CSE policies and procedures.