Handling of Personal Information

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Attention! As part of the Acquisitions Program’s transformation agenda, PSPC is planning to archive and migrate the SACC manual to the CanadaBuys website. The SACC manual will continue to be available on the BuyandSell website to ensure continuity of service during this transition period. At this time, an initial version of the archived version of the SACC has been posted on CanadaBuys. We encourage you to go visit the site and get comfortable with the new format of the SACC at the following:

Archived - Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions Manual | CanadaBuys

We appreciate your continued feedback and cooperation during this transition.

Legal text for SACC item

The Contractor acknowledges that Canada is bound by the Privacy Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-21, with respect to the protection of personal information as defined in the Act. The Contractor must keep private and confidential any such personal information collected, created or handled by the Contractor under the Contract, and must not use, copy, disclose, dispose of or destroy such personal information except in accordance with this clause and the delivery provisions of the Contract.

All such personal information is the property of Canada, and the Contractor has no right in or to that information. The Contractor must deliver to Canada all such personal information in whatever form, including all working papers, notes, memoranda, reports, data in machine-readable format or otherwise, and documentation which have been made or obtained in relation to the Contract, upon the completion or termination of the Contract, or at such earlier time as Canada may request. Upon delivery of the personal information to Canada, the Contractor will have no right to retain that information in any form and must ensure that no record of the personal information remains in the Contractor's possession.