You do not have to speak to the examiner, if you decide to talk to him, it is of your own free will and not because you feel that you must. If you need advice you can speak to a lawyer or anyone else. The examiner will give you privacy to do that.
If at any time you change your mind about taking the polygraph and want to stop the test you are free to do that.
The examiner will ask your permission to be interviewed about the issues to be tested. Later he will review each of the questions with you.
Ajax is a town on the north shore of Lake Ontario midway between Toronto and Oshawa. Although it’s history can be traced back to aboriginal times, its modern history began with the outbreak of World War 2. In 1939 the Canadian Government expropriated farmland to establish a munitions plant in what was to become the Town of Ajax. Dominion Industries Limited employed 9,000 mostly female employees at it’s peak. It produced over 40 million rounds of ammunition for the war effort. The name Ajax was selected through a contest. It related to the British warship H.M.S. Ajax, credited in the sinking of the German battleship Graf Spee.
Recently a woman from Ajax asked me: What are my rights when asked to take a polygraph?
During the pretest the examiner will explain what your rights are when you are asked to take a polygraph. Most importantly he will explain that no one is obliged to submit to a polygraph test. Because your cooperation is necessary, you must participate in the testing willingly. In fact, it is very difficult to examine anyone without their full cooperation. For example, sometimes subjects will deliberately disregard the instructions of the examiner by constantly fidgeting or moving. This leads to charts that are unintelligible. Other times subjects will attempt to “beat” the polygraph by controlling their physiology. In this case the examiner is unable to form an opinion based on the examination.
He will also ask for your permission to release the results of the examination and his opinion only to people that you give consent to.
Finally, he will ask you to sign a form to acknowledge your consent to take the test, and a waiver releasing the examiner from any civil claims related to you taking the test or relating the results.
