Police Scotland accused of unlawfully using RIPA to find journalistic source since March law change
Police Scotland is facing accusations that it is one of two police forces to have unlawfully accessed phone records to…
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The careless way Plebgate police helped themselves to journalists’ call records was a Stasi-style nightmare
Few would dispute that the police ability to access telecoms data with relative ease is an effective and necessary crime-fighting…
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Met admits not ‘vexatious’ to ask for details of how force accessed journalists’ call records
The Metropolitan Police has admitted that a reporter who asked for further details of how the force secretly viewed journalists…
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Met reveals new secret court application to view journalistic call records since March law-change
A judge has granted the Metropolitan Police access to a journalist's phone records without their knowledge since the Save Our…
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Met press office provided journalists’ mobile numbers so police could view call records and find sources
The Metropolitan Police made a series of errors in secret applications to view the phone records of Sun journalists and…
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Sun tells tribunal that Met violated journalists’ rights with secret grab of phone records
The rights of Sun journalists were "unquestionably violated" when the Metropolitan Police secretly obtained their phone records, the Investigatory Powers…
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Police forces have unlawfully accessed phone records to find journalists’ sources since March law change
Two police forces acquired records to find sources despite Save Our Sources stop-gap law being in place Information contained in…
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Non-vexatious weekly becomes second force to score RIPA FoI victory over Thames Valley Police
The Information Commissioner has judged that a single information request by the Newbury Weekly News to Thames Valley Police could…
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