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- MEDIA LAW - NEWS By Freddy Mayhew Surveillance court judges have today ruled that a police force’s use of spying powers on two former officers in a bid to find the source of information leaks to journalists was “unlawful”.The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) judgment also said that two of the seven applications made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) by Cleveland Police in 2012 “must be quashed”.The panel of serving and former High Court judges added there had been “no consideration at all of the impact of Article 10 [of the European Convention on Human Rights on freedom of expression] by way of targeting the communications with journalists” in the RIPA applications.The case against the force was brought by former Cleveland Police officers Mark Dias and Steve Matthews.The pair argued police breached their right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by covertly grabbing their phone records. to read more: Court rules that Cleveland Police acted unlawfully by using telecoms spying powers to find newspaper sources – Press Gazette | | | | | | | | | | | Court rules that Cleveland Police acted unlawfully by using telecoms spying... Press Gazette has been reporting on British journalism without fear or favour since 1965. Our mission is to prov... | | | |