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iN THE HATTER OF THE LEVES.QIN~ ~N__QUIRY<br />
SECOND WITNESS STATEHENT OF CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM<br />
I~ <strong>Christopher</strong> <strong>Graham</strong>, <strong>of</strong>I<br />
l will<br />
}:n orde~~ ..... to heip ’:.:he Inquiry further, :[ :should Iike tc: c,..omn.en:t.-, .......... o~<br />
~o~- ,~,~"~ ~:oin~s .... raised in evidence by othe~s,<br />
This second witness statement: adds to :the account :~ h:a .....<br />
~,1 ..... ~s,~:~.<br />
given <strong>of</strong> events within my own knowledge that occur:red ~uh~,,.:u:~n~<br />
:. ~ :~ aF:p~.~n~ment as Information Commissioner in June 2009, ::This<br />
=u pp!e n ~,_ ~! ~a r y witn ess statement adds to,, but does not subt~act:<br />
from my earlier statementi wllicf~ i believe to be true~<br />
<strong>The</strong> facts in t:his ~upp.fernentary witness: statement are ’" .... "<br />
own knewiedge or obtained from reading the documents relating t:o<br />
thi~ matt#.:"<br />
For ,,:’os~’~ * <strong>of</strong> reference:this sta [ement has:b ~e~ "~ ~’., ,:rn: ~"d, ke ~u: .~ o~:~,: ~*,,;~-’: s :a o~,,~<br />
n u m be rs or refe fences to docu ments in the b u n d l e su bruitre d wit h<br />
thi:s statement,<br />
~y attention has been drawn to evidence from Ms Pia<br />
Sarma <strong>of</strong> News International,. In this connection :I: also r~o:te<br />
the impiication in the cross exarr.~ination by r,,!r Davies that:<br />
the "blagging: <strong>of</strong> ex--directory telephone numbers shouid<br />
net be ~egarded as a breach <strong>of</strong> section 55<strong>of</strong> the Data<br />
Protect on A : c~ ~ t ’*, 998 DPA "~’ , be~ausu~0 :’ ~’*" ,-~ in many ................. , z,U:~o.~:%<br />
informa~ion could be obtained, apparent!y iawfulty; from<br />
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various commerdal online providers, f4v, pr.;d~c~-~.,~r, ,"*’ .’.~ :" ~’:~:, ¯<br />
Richard Thomas touched r,n: ~h < o~ it in his evidence,. I<br />
. . ....... p ~n.<br />
have m.ade enquiries about ......<br />
thes:e online servic,,~,s ,:~:~.,,,.~" ";~-: made<br />
..... as~ssracnt jf their iegal _~,d:us.<br />
It is not uncommon practice for phone numbers, including<br />
e×-d[rec~ory numbers, volunteered by custo.mers to be<br />
recorded on business databases and retained 5or !ater use,<br />
:Such }nformation may then be shared with ;other<br />
c,ompan!esi including so called Identity Management<br />
Businesses ("]NBs’),, provided ~hat: individuals hav~-been<br />
informed that this will happen and have been given an<br />
opportunity not to have their details sha~ed. Approp:riate<br />
data sharing agreements should aiso bein place.<br />
1,3 <strong>The</strong> ICO has given advice in this ~,:n~ .w: -~ ~ ......<br />
Where: ~ad,~ ~’;"~ :~wa:s become ~ aware that their p~r~’s~..~’-’,~!.~ ~:<br />
[nformat[on is being made available in t:his wav~ and they<br />
a~~ not happy about it, it s not uncomm:~;~ for .~:ne<br />
t:~d.., ~., ~,;:~ ~ua.~ ~- i-* affected to raise ~’: :~n_ matter with th,:, company<br />
concerned.,, perhaps following a s~b~ect a:cress :.~*~.~,:q.uest_,~.<br />
(~SAR"}_ under the DPA, <strong>The</strong> e.,~ v,.-. ;d:~_ nc~:.. .~ available to ’::’{ :: ,~"." <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
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!it!gants access to the: materiel affecting them: ~,:,~ a~
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. i~’~t ~’~’~’ ~ "~<br />
Despite this <strong>of</strong>feri l was not .~n~=~t~..db~ ~ any .: ~, ; n~,~pap.:~r<br />
~.~:’: .... ,,#~<br />
group, seeking a~.s:~ tothe ~oton~anmat....n:;~" ~ ~ ~.~ndl ~<br />
Feb~ua rv. 20 t 1. instead, there was a ~=~ ......<br />
,~, ,=~: ~:~’,~::~<br />
sustamed campaign by the print media against ~:~ny<br />
sug0estion~ <strong>of</strong> toughe~’ penalties for .~,~.~. ~,,,:~,-~."~ ~"~ _,,.,
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or in i~esponse to a subject au~e.~ -~’ ~.~ rexu:e_.t ~ ....~< ..... u..’~, latt:ery~<br />
fo!lowing the logic <strong>of</strong> the,: ~.ourt orders :~.nat had been<br />
a~. :}n earlier staq÷.<br />
Hy attention has been drawls to the evidence ,.,::<br />
Hai~tley from Associated Ne,vspa.~,e.r
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Foi!owing the lunch,. Mr Satchwe!l ask ~’ --~ ...... me to c,..~’"~, ":,:fl~*~’m<br />
driat my <strong>of</strong>fer was riot confined to any one gro:}iD:. r~s~ I<br />
was happy ~o do by emai~ on ~ ~:~:,.<br />
3,4 <strong>The</strong>re followed contact by L,h~sdes ~:a~ ~:~de, Assistant<br />
d~tor <strong>of</strong> the Da:iiy blail~ seek:ing access to tl~e Motorman<br />
records which retated to AN L titles, ]:t was agreed ~:hat<br />
.ANi... should have access to: the !:nf~,,: ,",’~:~:~,~,u~,n~;.~ whi
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sc~readsheets were prepared as a working too:i~ <strong>The</strong>y aid<br />
~::he navigation and anatysis <strong>of</strong> the recovered mateHai: But<br />
H-~s,,_ ~, cannot replace the evidence: <strong>of</strong> it ] ......<br />
~’! e,~:~ ~’ ~"~ ~.~: ::: .~<br />
themse:ives.<br />
L~K,~ -u~ .... a reporter ~ ~< ~ notebook, . ..... th,~ ~ ,,~,~:~ ~.~:~ ....... ..... _~ no doubt . made<br />
perfect sense to the man who made the em..tries, But: the<br />
entries in ~he edge i ~ ’ ~rare<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten am~,: ~: .:~, gt~uu~ ,~, and ,~<br />
dear "<br />
~hat in attempting to t.ranscdbe the ,~,,,,,. d g..x~, ~-~ *~.-, o:n.~ ~. to the<br />
~p~uadsheet~ some m.istakes were made, ~ be/iev:e this<br />
may explain some <strong>of</strong> the discrepancies mei~tioned ii:’,, r, ls<br />
H art iey. "s e v ide n ee, I d o r.. o t b e iiev e i t ,~-~] .~- :r:~ ~. e"~’~ :" h 0~: b road<br />
th~ust <strong>of</strong> the chailenge to the newspaper" business and to<br />
:~ubiic ;9o icy pused by the actf,~hes h~gn~gnted in the<br />
Znfor m a tion Co m m i ssi o n e r’s rep o r~~_ o ~ more than fi ve<br />
years ago°<br />
3.8 D~ the almost two years since :[ made my <strong>of</strong>fer t:o the<br />
newspapers, the ]:CO has moved on. Our investigal::ions<br />
team has been engaged in many other pr:ojects and<br />
pdoritie.% inc!uding, I ..."nay add, the investigation ,9nd<br />
prosecution <strong>of</strong> section 55 breaches that in no way<br />
invoived the press. Perhaps it was nc, t surpri[sing that: l:he<br />
sudden interest <strong>of</strong> the Mail ti:ttes: in the F1o~orman<br />
materials caught the <strong>of</strong>fice somewhat unprepared and ~:he<br />
visit ~o W ii mslow o n 17 Aug ust,. i n the m!ddle <strong>of</strong> t:he<br />
summer holiday period, did notgo weli, S:ubseq{xent: visits<br />
have been handled by our :[nterna! Cornpiiance team and<br />
I amnot aware tha~ ti~ere have been probtems.<br />
i]ave made enquiries <strong>of</strong> my staff ~:o estabi;ish what:<br />
happened when ANL.. ep~m~e:n:ta~:v~,~ ......<br />
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3, ! 0, :lust prior to: the visit to Wiimslowi ou< invest.ioat:ors were<br />
~a~o: ~:~e~ that Mr Ga rslde would not be attending h:~m~4~:!,,.<br />
but thatother o ~ ~.p, ~ ....:~ est.ntad:,e;~, ’÷"~ ~ <strong>of</strong> A4L n: ,,~,....u:ld ,~,~, ~’, ~,e ~"’" ~.,~K~ng ’ his<br />
place. Those representatives were Ted Verity, ~h:~ D~.~:~,,~<br />
Editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Mail on SuP, day,, John We!iington, !:he<br />
Hanaging Editor <strong>of</strong> the Nail on ,~,~: .~o;,, ano ]u ian Darrail<br />
and Edward Young, solicitors with ANL .~.t ~ had .~.~-.-’~, .... :~,~:,-~<br />
Clear to Mr Garside thai: a copy-’~ ~>’~ .........<br />
relevant to.. Associated titles could be made ava l,~blea~d" ~ ’<br />
the same assurance was given to tt~e ANL<br />
representatives,<br />
On the day, t~owever, the ANL team ~ns:~,~e:~: J~::.pect:ed<br />
,.., be ao~e to have copies <strong>of</strong> al :document:s and reievant<br />
pages: <strong>of</strong> the ellow and g~n I~-,,~-,,~,~ It ...... ~’ : ~ ....<br />
~.hat we were not going to provide this as it wou!d take a<br />
d ;~propnrtk)nate. ~ .amount_ <strong>of</strong> time ",~u ........ ,, ~dact ........ "~’~,~e kedger:s ....<br />
and the information would be contained in the e~ect...":onic<br />
database which was i:o be orovided to Ehem,<br />
3~ 12 It is urifort:unate that the infarmadon~ t.~, pnav~dec’ ’ c:n. :~h;,,...~. f~:st<br />
disc was not an accurate.: record <strong>of</strong> thu ~ ’l~~f,..,~" ’-’~:~:}M.}.j~ ~ ~ ’,-~ ~ in the<br />
books as R: did not contain ali the information /,~::k
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aware <strong>of</strong> any dissatisfaction on: th~ ....’~ ,.<br />
.. !.,~r~ <strong>of</strong> ANL until 1~:<br />
read Ms Harttey’s ~.~it:ness statement,<br />
,Around the same time as the ANL. visit oi" subsequently<br />
.~,e~:, ,.. ][CO ~as opproached by a number <strong>of</strong> other ~’~,,-~:,~,~, .,, ~,.,,,:~<br />
o~’ga~,,~a~.,on.-, seeking access to the i’4o~orman material as<br />
7! "~, ,~ly <strong>of</strong>fice was contacted on 27: 3u v :20:1:.1.b.~;" ~.h,!* ~~p<br />
Abrams, Editorial Complaints Director at BR~" ~:,~ fo/iowino<br />
the announcement <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Leveson</strong> ]:nquiry~ He l::ad<br />
~dentified potent:ial!y relevant information ,<br />
originated from one <strong>of</strong> the ledgers (the: yetlow book)<br />
pubtistsed on the What L,,,~ T!sey Kno;~’ web:site. ~ ......... ~ q:.~.<br />
enqbt,les relating to this over the ~etephcne "<br />
¯ a ~1 (]<br />
by emait and we later provided him with the additional<br />
information he required., A ~.*.~ ~.on ~,4d..,n ~.:.l,:~.,~,~d ~"<br />
. ia~,~r :* v,~,:.~,--~" ~;~,-~ ~, ~t,<br />
production companies ~he -"" :. ~.o ,.<br />
¯ BBC may have used at .....~e<br />
time <strong>of</strong> Operation Motorman. [vly :<strong>of</strong>fice mrovlded f:urther<br />
information to assist the t:n~ernal :i ,~,’~~’~
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R:osenblatt Solicitors on encrypted dis{: on 27: October-<br />
20! 1,<br />
On I:9 August 2011, ’Tina Savy..Davies, tega! co~.snsei on<br />
behalf <strong>of</strong>: Bauer .... Media~ c:ontacted ~= ~,’ ~ <strong>of</strong>fice rega~dine ~,<br />
.~’eferences to Closet, magazine in the :~~:"~ ~"~’~, ~, ~ ~ k~"~;";"~, ~,~ P,
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agents. ’This conf.act is being coordinated by ourT !...’!lternal<br />
Compiia~ce tearer<br />
<strong>The</strong>re t~as also been significant cor~ta,::t with: St!,at::hc{yde<br />
Polk:e ~n~e July 2011 !n connectio~ w:ith separate}.,,,. c ~,", i e<br />
iTwest:igations involving Scott:ish ~