[ISN] Phone-hacking laws are 'very uneven and unclear'

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:32:28 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/26/phone-hacking-laws-christopher-graham

By James Robinson
guardian.co.uk
26 April 2011

The information commissioner has told a powerful group of MPs that 
legislation outlawing phone hacking is "very uneven" and "very unclear" 
and the law should be clarified.

Christopher Graham told the home affairs select committee that existing 
legislation outlawing the practice "was drawn up for another age and 
other circumstances".

The committee is investigating the legal framework surrounding phone 
hacking following revelations that the News of the World commissioned a 
private investigator to illegally intercept voicemail messages belonging 
to dozens of public figures.

Since the committee began its inquiry the paper has apologised to eight 
victims who are suing its owner, News Group Newspapers, in the high 
court and offered to pay them compensation. The total bill is likely to 
run to many millions of pounds.

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