Information & Ethics committee  This one was actually not a criminal investigation. It was an internal matter. It was a departmental security investigation, and the member actually consented. They came forward and consented to use the device on their tool.

Information & Ethics committee  For a criminal investigation, we would seek judicial authorization, although there are authorities under the RCMP Act that would allow us to actually use the technology, use the actual tools, but we would use that on a case-by-case basis. Superintendent Gagné's team looks at a th

Information & Ethics committee  That is correct.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for the question. In short, no, we do not use any technology to monitor and/or manage or supervise our employees. We do have a user agreement for all of the devices we deploy. We do have a policy that governs the use of those devices. Naturally, within our organizatio

Information & Ethics committee  A large portion of them are, yes. That would be correct.

Information & Ethics committee  We've used it on one occasion for an internal matter that was on consent, actually. We used digital forensic tools. It was a consent matter.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. These tools are targeted to a specific device. For example, in 2023, we examined 6,452 devices—that could be a smart phone, tablet or computer—across the country, but those are with judicial authorization so there's actually a tangible piece of evidence that we ha

Information & Ethics committee  That is correct. We're in the process of completing it. We met with the Privacy Commissioner in 2021. However, we expect our privacy impact assessment to be complete by 2024. We do not have one for digital forensic tools. We do have one for ODITs, which is actually posted on our

Information & Ethics committee  I would say the same thing. I’m not sure what we said to Radio-Canada, but we will check.

Information & Ethics committee  We do not use the software on employees' phones. We do have the ability to use it because our phones are deployed operationally. Each member signs a consent around user use, etc. However, we don't actively monitor them. It would be through a specific allegation relating to a code

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee. I'm pleased to be joined by Superintendent Nicolas Gagné, who's the director of the RCMP's technical investigative services operational directorate. We're also very grateful for the opportunity to sp

Information & Ethics committee  These are progressive policy discussions and dialogues that should occur, as they would actually inform the greater public and those who use social media. In short, yes, I think we need to consistently evolve as a nation around how we continue to manage social media and the impac

Information & Ethics committee  I think it would be a progressive dialogue from a policy perspective, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  It's very challenging for us as an organization to react to the amplification and impact of social media. Much of our work is reactive in nature. Through our NC3, we are very proactive in attempting to work on preventive measures—education through the anti-fraud centre. Our nat

Information & Ethics committee  Again, it's a challenging question, in the sense that it depends on encryption levels, actual servers, etc.