#hackgate : Operation #Motorman and the Observer

Earlier this year I corresponded with the Observer in relation to Operation Motorman and the systemic obtaining of illegally acquired personal information by my preferred Sunday newspaper. My concerns and correspondence are gathered here with other blog posts relating to Motorman. Further to a column by the readers’ editor – partly in response to my correspondence and linked to below – I added a series of comments and questions on The Observer website. They were not responded to. I have this evening written formally seeking a response. I will keep readers here advised of any response.

The terms of my correspondence with the readers’ editor of The Observer follow:

Dear Mr Pritchard

Earlier this year we corresponded in relation to the Observer’s use of private investigators to obtain private material, potentially contrary to s 55 of the Data Protection Acthttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/section/55 . You wrote a column on the Observer’s involvement in Operation Motorman here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2011/feb/13/observer-phone-hacking-private-investigators .

I found it very informative and am grateful to you for your work...read more

http://loveandgarbage.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/observer-and-operation-motorman-again-more-queries-motorman/