Morning Update: Privacy watchdog raises concerns over RCMP use of tech companies to surveil web

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Due to technical issues, readers may have received yesterday’s Morning Update today. The Globe apologizes for the error. Good morning, A federal watchdog says the RCMP could be putting the privacy of Canadians at risk by hiring third-party technology companies capable of dredging up deeply buried internet information about the public. In a report released Thursday to Parliament, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne questioned whether the force is relying on vendors whose services could circumvent privacy laws limiting law-enforcement searches. Mr. Dufresne examined the RCMP’s Project Wide Awake, a data-mining effort that the force started in the wake of the 2014...