By John Glenday

The information commissioner has ordered Thames Valley Police to divulge whether it has snooped on journalists in an attempt to identify their sources following its rejection of several freedom of information requests from the Oxford Mail newspaper on the matter.

Thames Valley Police had dismissed the requests as ‘vexatious’ but, in the first action of its kind, Christopher Graham has chosen to intervene directly by ordering the force to divulge whether it was indeed one of 19 forces which had made use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).

Outlining his decision Graham said there was a ‘public interest in revealing Read full story ›

Source: The Drum