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  Police in England and Wales taking 'excessive personal data' from mobile phones

  

  theguardian.com

  Information commissioner says victims and witnesses could be put off reporting crimes and calls for new codePolice are extracting “excessive amounts of personal data” from the mobile phones of victims and witnesses during investigations and are in danger of discouraging the public from reporting crime, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.In a critical study of data extraction policies, the ICO concludes that procedures are inconsistent across forces in England and Wales and calls for a new statutory code of practice to provide “greater clarity”. Continue reading...

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  U.K. Police Step Back on Victims’ Data, a Flash Point in Rape Cases

  

  nytimes.com

  Forms asking for consent to comb devices such as phones and laptops had caused concerns that...

  Forms asking for consent to comb devices such as phones and laptops had caused concerns that they would deter people from reporting crimes, particularly in rape and other sex cases.

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  Police sending a third fewer rape cases to prosecutors, figures show

  

  theguardian.com

  Call for inquiry into CPS as prosecutions fall by a quarter and convictions by a fifthRape...

  Call for inquiry into CPS as prosecutions fall by a quarter and convictions by a fifthRape victims are finding it increasingly difficult to access justice as police refer fewer cases to the Crown Prosecution Service and fewer allegations of rape are being prosecuted and convicted, according to new figures.The number of cases referred by the police for charging decisions fell by 32% in the...

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  UK cops blasted over 'disproportionate' slurp of years of data

  

  theregister.co.uk

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