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Privacy notice statement for international electors
Your personal information is collected under the Canada Elections Act (the Act) and (except for optional information) used to add you to the International Register, determine your electoral district and send you a special ballot voting kit at the call of future federal elections. If you do not provide this information, you will not be added to the International Register. We will only use the optional information provided to contact you if your application is not complete or to help ensure the timely delivery of your voting kit.
Your personal information (except for optional information) will be included in the National Register of Electors, pursuant to the Act, unless you have chosen otherwise. Inclusion in the National Register is optional and will not impact your inclusion in the International Register. Personal information contained in the National Register, excluding your date of birth, is used to prepare lists of electors shared with members of Parliament, political parties and candidates for uses authorized by the Act. In accordance with information-sharing agreements, also authorized under the Act, we may also disclose personal information in the National Register to provincial and territorial electoral agencies and municipalities. Some of this information may be shared with the Commissioner of Canada Elections for purposes of the Commissioner's duty to ensure that the Canada Elections Act and the Referendum Act are complied with and enforced. If you wish to be removed from the National Register or do not wish to have your information shared with your provincial or territorial electoral agency or municipality, please contact us in writing. We use the services of third parties, who are also required to protect your personal information, to deliver applications and special ballots.
You have the right to access and correct your personal information, to have your information protected under the Privacy Act and the Canada Elections Act, and to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding Elections Canada's handling of your personal information. Your personal information is retained under personal information banks Elections PPU 037 and Elections PPU 040. A detailed description can be found at www.elections.ca