The Tourism and Culture Department -Visitor Services, Photography Unit (Photo Unit) of the Yukon Government (YG) manages the database for Government of Yukon photography. It supports the Tourism and Culture purpose of supporting, protecting, promoting and enhancing Yukon’s tourism, culture, heritage and arts sectors for the benefit of Yukoners and visitors.
The Photo Unit maintains a significant catalogue of digital media, including photos and videos, for promotional and marketing materials at YG. It has been using an on-premises solution for over 20 years, provided by Cumulus software. Since Cumulus will no longer be supporting this software, the Photo Unit is required to find an alternative software solution for their Digital Asset Management (DAM) needs.
To replace the legacy system, Cumulus is shifting to a cloud-based solution. Canto Cumulus (“Canto”, https://www.canto.com) is a DAM software service that will allow for the collection, storage, organization, filtering, and searching of digital images, videos, and other media. The Photo Unit wishes to use this system to manage their inventory of digital media. Canto is seen as software for the 21st century and will allow for migration of the current digital assets from the on-premises software.
A PIA for this software system has been deemed necessary because it will manage digital media which may display identifiable people. Names and other details of the individual are not included in the photos, or their meta data, unless the image is of an individual in their work capacity, such as a member of the YG cabinet or the name of a business owner whose photo is taken for promotion of that business.
Note: Canto also offers a search feature based on recognizable faces, and thus employs a form of biometric identification. This feature has been disabled within the system at the Administrative user level. Should consideration be given to enabling this ability, this PIA will be amended accordingly.
