A parliamentary committee will hold hearings on the RCMP’s use of spyware and potential risks to the privacy rights of Canadians.
The House of Commons privacy committee voted Tuesday to determine which “device investigation tools” the Mounties use and seek a list of judicial warrants obtained for deploying such software.
The committee also requested a list of warrants or any information about the wiretapping of members of Parliament, parliamentary assistants and any other staff.
The committee was called to meet after the RCMP submitted a document to the House of Commons describing its use of tools that covertly and remotely obtain data from devices like phones and computers. That document was provided in response to Conservative MP Tako Van Popta’s question about what government programs are collecting Canadians’ data….