Reuters: Former BNP man fined for leaking members list
September 2nd, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Press freedom and ethics
Matthew Single, a former British National Party (BNP member, has been fined £200 for breaking data privacy laws after leaking details of the group’s membership online.
Single, who was previously the party’s deputy secuirty head, leaked the information about more than 10,000 BNP members last November, creating a media frenzy – and raising issues about privacy and data protection.
Journalism.co.uk’s reports on the leaked BNP list last November:
BNP members list leak gathers pace online – to link or not to link?
Members list still available but journalists and bloggers fear breaking BNP injunction
Tags: BNP, british national party, data protection, deputy secuirty head, GBP, Journalism. co.uk, Matthew Single
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