We recently had a very interesting internal mail sent regarding phone-hacking from the World Association of Professional Investigators www.WAPI.com and thought it rather relevant and thought it best to share it with our fellow readers.

Clearer line needed on phone-hacking

The information commissioner is right when he calls the legislation ‘very
uneven and very unclear’

Peter Preston

The Observer, Sunday 1 May 2011

Acting Met commissioner Tim Godwin is investigating alleged phone-hacking.
But the law is ‘very uneven and very unclear’, says information commissioner
Christopher Graham.

When Christopher Graham, the ex-BBC man turned information commissioner,
tells MPs that anti-phone-hacking legislation is “very uneven and very
unclear”, who could disagree? Suppose I use a private eye to blag, con or
wheedle private mobile and pin numbers out of some dozy phone company. That
infringes section 55 of the Data Protection Act of 1998 – and I could be
fined up to £5,000. But if I hack into the mobile in question and hear the
messages left there, I’m committing a crime under the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000 – and could face two years in clink.

See full Article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/01/peter-preston-phone-hacking-law

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Frank

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