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23 February 2012

Watching the watchdog

12 December 2011 Pete Swabey

It has been a tough month for the Information Commissioner's Office, as the UK's data protection watchdog found itself in the firing line during the Leveson inquiry into press standards.

The inquiry heard evidence from Alexander Owens, a former police officer who had been hired by the ICO in 2003 to investigate the illegal trade in stolen personal data. Owens' investigation, Operation Motorman, discovered evidence that various newspaper journalists had bought data illegally obtained from government employees.

Owens said that he had compiled enough evidence to prosecute everyone in involved in the supply chain of stolen data, including... read more...

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