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AI-Assisted Digital Investigation and E-Discovery for Justice Canada

Enforcement · Research & Development

What it collects

Operational data
Anonymized data
  • Digital evidence stored within Justice Canada's evidence management system. The register states that the system does not involve personal information, suggesting the evidence processed is operational or case-related data without personal identifiers.
Run by
Department of Justice Canada (JUS)
Where
No fixed location
Kept
Not stated by the Helpful Places.
Shared with
Accountable organization
Your copy
You cannot see the data it holds about you. What you can do

What it is for

EnforcementResearch & Development

Nuix Neo is a pilot tool being evaluated by the Department of Justice Canada to support digital investigations, litigation support, and e-discovery work. It uses semantic search and advanced analytics to help government employees process and analyse digital evidence. The system is currently in development and is used only by Government of Canada employees; it does not directly affect members of the public. Users are informed that AI is in use.

What it collects and what happens to it

Data taken in

Operational data
Anonymized data
  • Digital evidence stored within Justice Canada's evidence management system. The register states that the system does not involve personal information, suggesting the evidence processed is operational or case-related data without personal identifiers.

Processing

Search & Retrieval
  • Semantic search is the named capability of Nuix Neo, enabling users to query and retrieve relevant documents or digital evidence from the evidence management system using meaning-based rather than keyword-only matching.

What it does

Understanding (Semantic AI)
Human decides
  • Nuix Neo uses semantic search to help users find and retrieve relevant digital evidence from an evidence management system. Government employees decide which results are relevant to their investigations or legal proceedings.
Deciding (Analytical AI)
Human decides
  • Advanced analytics capabilities in Nuix Neo help classify, score, and prioritise digital evidence items. Human investigators retain decision-making authority over evidentiary relevance and legal conclusions.

Outputs

A recommendation or prediction
Anonymized data
  • Nuix Neo produces ranked or prioritised sets of digital evidence items in response to investigator queries. These are advisory outputs — government employees make the final determination of evidentiary relevance.

Run by

Department of Justice Canada (JUS)
  • The Department of Justice Canada is the federal institution responsible for deploying and evaluating Nuix Neo as a pilot project to support its digital investigation, litigation support, and e-discovery functions.

Government of Canada AI Register — Nuix Neo (2526-JUS-003)

Built by

Nuix
  • Nuix is the vendor that developed Nuix Neo, the AI system being evaluated by the Department of Justice Canada for digital investigation and e-discovery purposes.

Government of Canada AI Register — Nuix Neo (2526-JUS-003)

Kept for

Not stated by the Helpful Places.

Shared with

Available to the accountable organization
  • Outputs and processed evidence data are available to the Department of Justice Canada employees who operate the system for digital investigation and litigation support purposes.
Not available to me
  • Members of the public do not have direct access to the data processed by this system, which is used exclusively by Government of Canada employees for internal legal and investigative workflows.

Stored

Not stated by the Helpful Places.

How to read the colours

Can it identify you?

Anonymized data
Data about people with the link to who is broken. Stripped of identifiers, blurred, aggregated, or noised so this system can’t reasonably tie a record back to an individual.
Pseudonymous data
Each person’s data is tied to a token (hash, ID, template) that lets this system recognise the same person across events, but the token itself doesn’t reveal a name. Reidentification is possible with extra information.
Identifiable data
The data either contains a direct identifier (name, address, account name, recognisable face or voice, plate number) or carries a token this system uses to look up legal identity during processing.

Who completes the loop?

Human decides
This mode suggests; a person decides what to do next. The AI is always advisory — a human is in the loop on every decision. Example: a triage tool ranks cases for a clinician who chooses which to see first.
Human executes
This mode decides; a person carries out the result. Example: an optimizer plans the day’s trash-collection routes, and drivers run them.
Autonomous
This mode decides and acts on its own. No person reviews each decision or carries out the resulting action.

Definitions from the DTPR standard. Amber is about your data, violet about who decides. The fuller the shape and the deeper the colour, the more identifying the data or the less a person is involved.

What you can do

Ask about this system

Questions go to the Helpful Places, not the vendor.

Your rights

  • Right to Be Informed of AI UseGovernment of Canada employees who use this system are informed that AI is in use. The register confirms that AI use is disclosed to users (AI use disclosed to users: Y).
  • Right to Algorithmic TransparencyThis DTPR disclosure describes the general logic and functional modes of Nuix Neo as a semantic search and analytics tool. Further details about the system's operation may be obtained through the Department of Justice Canada.

Risks and safeguards

No risks or safeguards have been published for this system yet.