Sunday, 22 June 2008

We snooped on our member's phone calls and emails, admits council

Tom Harper
UK Daily Mail
Sunday, June 22, 2008

A council is being investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office after it monitored a member's mobile phone calls.

Officials at Liverpool City Council trawled through the phone logs and emails of Labour councillor Joe Anderson in an internal probe.

The inquiry was attempting to discover who leaked information to a journalist about a £2million increase in the cost of staging a Sir Paul McCartney concert in the city.

Under town hall rules, officials are banned from looking at councillors' mobile phone records.
FULL ARTICLE @ UK Daily Mail

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