Legality of police search of mobile phone dropped by base invader ?

[Caspar Bowden]

This case was reported
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4138134,00.html
Guardian 19/2/01: MoD inquiry into 'privacy breach'

...but IMHO unlikely to involve RIP.

But are police likely to have breached CMU (or DPA?), and would they have
needed prior authorisation under PACE?

The base invader has asked me to ask the list, if you are an expert in this
legal area and wouldn't mind offering some advice  - please get in touch
with me offlist.
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Caspar Bowden               Tel: +44(0)20 7354 2333
Director, Foundation for Information Policy Research
RIP Information Centre at:    www.fipr.org/rip#media