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Police are breaching Data Protection Act in numbers
Coppers get criticised by UK rights group
Fri Jul 08 2011, 15:15
ALMOST ONE THOUSAND police officers and staff have broken the UK Data Protection Act, according to research from rights watchers Big Brother Watch.
The group found out about the privacy breaches through a range of Freedom of Information requests, according to V3.co.uk, which reports that while just under 1,000 police officers and staff have illegally accessed confidential databases, just 98 have been sacked.
The revelations follow the phone hacking and police bribery scandals at the News of the World, so they come at an embarrassing time for the UK police. µ
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Estimates for the percentage of "dirty cops" working for organized crime range from 1 - 10%.
So in this case, let's say about 50 out of 1000 police were "dirty" and sold the data to organized crime or other hostile governments. What a great score for organized crime!
Corruption in public officials has existed as long as we have had "public officials". This is another reason why privacy acts were made into laws, and exactly why anyone and everyone breaching individual privacy laws should receive harsh punishment (including a lifetime ban on working in a position of trust over citizens).
What exactly does "illegally accessed confidential databases" mean and what are these so called SECRET / CONFIDENTIAL databases.