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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Info chief sides with Oxford Mail against police: Not ‘vexatious’ to ask about RIPA spying
Oxford Mail is first publication to be told FoI questions about RIPA were not "vexatious" Information Commissioner orders Thames Valley…
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Government spying powers review says all requests to view journalists’ call records should go before judge
Spying legislation which has allowed the police to secretly view journalists’ call records is set to be replaced in a…
By Lawyers challenging police secrecy over spying on journalists’ call records ready to take fight to European Court
A lawyer handling Press Gazette's bid to make police disclose how many times they have accessed journalists' phone records has…
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Police watchdog denies attempt to ‘gag’ officers from speaking to press – but questions ‘wisdom’ of speaking out
A police watchdog has denied trying to “gag” police officers by saying it was illegal to speak to the media…
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