Police officers should be prevented from accessing people’s personal mobile phone data without a search warrant, a privacy campaign group has said.
At least 26 police forces in England and Wales have begun using new technology to extract data from phones.
And Privacy International said there had been no public debate about the rapid rollout of this practice.
But one former chief constable said obtaining a warrant in each instance would be “just not practical”.
It told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme that most people were unaware of their rights.
And it is calling for an immediate review of current practice and a public-awareness campaign.
Source: BBC
