By James Doleman

The Interception of Communications Commissioner Office (IOCCO) has confirmed that it is to investigate whether police forces were overusing their powers to acquire communications data.

In a statement, the interception of communications commissioner confirmed it would investigate if police powers were being abused.

The commitment to investigate was placed at the bottom of a web page offering background from the IOCCO as a response to media reports, where it stated: “We are in the process of carrying out an Inquiry into whether there might be institutional overuse by police forces and law enforcement agencies of authorisations to acquire communications data. Read full story ›

Source: The Drum