2 Police Forces Rebuked by Watchdog for Recording 200,000 Phone Conversations

Britain’s data watchdog has rebuked two police forces for unlawfully recording 200,000 phone conversations and capturing large amounts of personal data.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reprimanded Surrey Police and neighbouring and Sussex Police after it emerged they had recorded all incoming and ongoing calls when they rolled out an app on 1,015 staff members’ work phones in 2016.
The app automatically recorded “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses, and those accused of crimes.
The ICO could have given both forces a £1 million fine each but it opted for a reprimand because the fines would have to be paid for out of police budgets and that would naturally impact the general public…. Source

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