Investigatory powers tribunal finds there was no lawful basis for Cleveland police accessing records in leak inquiry Judges have ruled that Cleveland police acted unlawfully when they monitored journalists' phones in an attempt to uncover the source of a series of leaks. The police force used powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) to seize records of calls totalling more than 1m minutes from three journalists, a solicitor and two police officers after details of internal ...
Investigatory powers tribunal finds there was no lawful basis for Cleveland police accessing records in leak inquiry Judges have ruled that Cleveland police acted unlawfully when they monitored journalists' phones in an attempt to uncover the source of a series of leaks. The police force used powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) to seize records of calls totalling more than 1m minutes from three journalists, a solicitor and two police officers after details of internal ...
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