NI police viewed journalist’s call records to ‘find whistleblower’
Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were previously wrongly arrested and later received damages from police.
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Police Scotland illegally targeted sources after Sunday Mail revealed force’s failings
Investigatory Powers Tribunal upholds protection for journalistic sources.
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UK Government admits pre-2016 journalist surveillance was illegal
The UK Government has admitted that its pre-2016 surveillance regime under which police accessed journalists call records in order to…
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Chartered Institute of Journalists calls for more details on use of Snoopers’ Charter to be published
The Chartered Institute of Journalists has called for more details about the use of the so-called Snoopers’ Charter to be…
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Minister fails to deny police are spying on journalists over diplomatic cables leak
A Home Office minister has refused to deny in Parliament that police have been trawling through journalists’ phone data in…
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Financial Conduct Authority blocks FOI request on its use of spying powers to grab journalists’ sources
The UK’s financial conduct regulator has blocked a freedom of information request by Press Gazette into its use of counter-terrorism…
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Cleveland Police unlawfully spied on PA journalists in ‘outrageous’ use of anti-terror powers
A police force who used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to spy on two Press Association journalists breached their…
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Watchdog set up to oversee police use of new spying powers
Spying powers used by police, intelligence agencies and other public authorities will be scrutinised by a newly-created watchdog from Friday.…
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