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

2 Police Forces Rebuked by Watchdog for Recording 200,000 Phone Conversations
Police are pictured in Kingston upon Thames, England, on Aug. 13, 2019. Warren Little/Getty Images
Chris Summers
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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.

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