12.19. Any person to whom or body to which personal information is communicated by a body designated as an official source of government digital data or by another public body referred to in an order made under section 12.14, in the context of a mandate or contract related to carrying out an administrative or public service purpose specified in such an order and entrusted to the person or body in accordance with section 67.2 of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (chapter A-2.1), must submit to an external audit aimed at ensuring compliance with the highest standards and best practices in matters of information security and protection of such information. The Chair of the Conseil du trésor may determine the cases and circumstances in which the first paragraph does not apply, and makes the criteria leading to the decision public.
2021, c. 222021, c. 22, s. 71.