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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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John Dunne

Two police forces reprimanded for unlawfully recording 200,000 phone calls

Two police forces have been reprimanded by the data watchdog for unlawfully recording 200,000 phone conversations and capturing personal data.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued the rebuke to Surrey and Sussex police forces after an app was launched on the work phones of 1,015 staff members that recorded all incoming and outgoing calls.

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