Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley are being investigated whether it was necessary to release information of her health problems - including issues with alcohol. The Information Commissioner said he would be be asking Lancashire Police about the decision to disclose the missing mother-of-two’s struggles with alcohol and HRT, he said in a statement.
Ms Bulley vanished after dropping off her daughters, aged six and nine, at school on January 27 in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire in a case which has baffled the nation. This morning (Feb 17), former victims’ commissioner Dame Vera Baird said the way personal information was released about Nicola was “sexist” and a “dreadful error”.
Information Commissioner John Edwards added: “Data protection law exists to ensure people’s personal information is used properly and fairly. This includes ensuring personal details are not disclosed inappropriately.
