Police forces reveal internal emails on why they refused to answer Press Gazette RIPA questions
A police force has said it would not give consideration to whether someone was a journalist when making a Regulation…
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300 police media leak probes in five years – forces refuse to reveal how many involved RIPA spying
Police forces across the UK conducted 302 media leak investigations in a five-year period – many of which may have…
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Sun six trial told of allegation Sun reporter paid Thames Valley contact for name of cadet killed in glider crash
The mother of a teenager killed in a gliding accident questioned how The Sun almost instantly discovered her grief-stricken family's…
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Paul Dacre calls on police and politicians to ‘drop hostilities’ with press for the sake of ‘healthy democracy’
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre (pictured: Reuters) has appealed for press unity in the face of what he said were…
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BBC’s Sir Cliff Richard ‘leak’ investigated by Met department that grabbed Sun phone records under RIPA
The same department of the Metropolitan Police that secretly obtained the phone records of The Sun in its Plebgate leak…
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Theresa May promises action to curb RIPA spying on journalists and extended periods on police bail
Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce a review today of whether to introduce a statutory time limit on…
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Fourth police force used RIPA against journalist, to bug reporter’s car, and it also seized agency phone records
A police force used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to bug a journalist's car – but has denied using…
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RIPA scandal hits regionals as third police force admits seizing journalist’s phone records to find source
Suffolk Police has become the third force to admit using the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to obtain a journalist's…
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