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The Cleveland Police “erroneously” sent information to industry paper the Press Gazette indicating that it had used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to obtain telecommunications data while searching for a journalist’s source.
The publication reports that police asked them to delete the documents but says they were unwilling to do so because, “there is a strong public interest in disclosing it.”
RIPA, which regulates how authorities can intercept and monitor communications, is under increased scrutiny as it has emerged that at least four other U.K. police forces have used it to seize telecommunications data while hunting for journalists’ sources. The journalists affected have not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing.
Earlier this week it emerged that after the Metropolitan Police used RIPA to try and access the details of a single journalist in March after wireless carrier Vodafone accidentally provided the phone records of more than 1,500 users. Rather than deleting the data, the department analyzed it in a spreadsheet and stored it for seven months.”
Read more here. (Unbiased Review)
The publication reports that police asked them to delete the documents but says they were unwilling to do so because, “there is a strong public interest in disclosing it.”
RIPA, which regulates how authorities can intercept and monitor communications, is under increased scrutiny as it has emerged that at least four other U.K. police forces have used it to seize telecommunications data while hunting for journalists’ sources. The journalists affected have not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing.
Earlier this week it emerged that after the Metropolitan Police used RIPA to try and access the details of a single journalist in March after wireless carrier Vodafone accidentally provided the phone records of more than 1,500 users. Rather than deleting the data, the department analyzed it in a spreadsheet and stored it for seven months.”
Read more here. (Unbiased Review)
