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 the rollout of an app to the work phones of 1,015 staff members that recorded all incoming and outgoing calls.
The automatic recordings made since 2016 included “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes.
