Guardian: Police files investigated and News International to lose exclusive Olympic access
The Guardian reports today (21 July), that Scotland Yard has been asked to look at “thousands of files” to investigate whether officers unlawfully obtained mobile phone-tracking data for journalists.
There were half a million requests by public authorities for communications data in the UK last year – of which almost 144,000 were demands for “traffic” data, which includes location.
In other phone-hacking related news, newspapers under the News International umbrella are to lose exclusive access to British athletes in the lead up to the Olympics next year, also according to the Guardian. This is due to the closure of the News of the World and the impact of this on the partnership contract, according to the report.
Team 2012, the Visa-backed project supporting potential British Olympians, had signed up News International as its official partner.
But Team 2012 has said in a statement, that “as a result of the closure of News of the World the contract can no longer be fulfilled as originally envisaged”.
According to the Guardian Team 2012 “is now looking for potential new media partners”.
Tags: guardian, media partnership, mobile tracking, News International, News of the World, Olympics, phone hacking
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