The Guardian has posted on Privacy International’s recent challenge to mobile phone interception by the police force.

The issue centers around the extraction of data from mobile phones by the force. Software is used to download the files stored on the accessed mobile devices. NGO Privacy International is challenging the invasiveness and proportionality of the practice in harvesting personal data in the course of investigations.

The outcome of the case will have significant repercussions for mobile data privacy and mobile developments. Mobile privacy has been a hot topic issue since the US Apple vs. FBI encryption case in relation to the investigation of the San Bernadino Shootings in 2016. We will have coverage of the case once judgment is handed down.