Met police face enforcement order over data request handling
The ICO has given Met officials until September to implement appropriate measures
Under UK and EU law, requests must be answered within 30 days - but some are more than three months old
The Information Commissioner's Office has slapped the Metropolitan Police with two enforcement orders over its handling of data requests. After launching an investigation, the ICO discovered a backlog...
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