A judicial review has begun in the high court on Tuesday following claims the home secretary operated a secret policy to seize mobile phones from people arriving on boats to download data from them. The policy required the handover of the new arrivals’ phones operated between Apr to Nov 2020. Thousands of mobile phones will have been involved, the court heard.
UPDATE: 310122 - Privacy International confirmed it has intervened in the judicial review brought against the Home Office.
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