I'll move on.
In June 2021, the OPC report also stated that:
There were serious and systemic failings by the RCMP to ensure compliance with the Act before it collected information from Clearview and, more broadly, before novel collection of personal information in general. This includes widespread failures to know what it was collecting, control how collection occurs, identify potential compliance issues, and assess and prevent contraventions of the Act.
The use of the words “systemic” and “widespread” suggests that this isn't a one-off error or a poor decision, so how can we be assured that the RCMP is compliant with privacy laws going forward and that there aren't other cases like Clearview quietly flying under the radar?
I ask that question because the report uses the words “systemic” and “widespread”.