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For Distribution to CPs ~ onsideration of the public interest, a core themeth~ough much The Code Committee has been quick to react, with the of the Code, is seldom more important than here. There is often introduction of new measures to prevent abuse. They include wide a fine line to be drawn at the point where genuine investigative ranging curbs on intrusive activity unless it can be demonstrated to journalism ceases and intrusive reporting begins. The public interest be in the wider public interest. They cover: iscrucialinjudgingwhethertheendsjustifythemeansanddeciding ~ Hacking ~ i i into digitally ~ i - held private i i mformatfon ~ ; whether undercover was merely underhand. ~ The use of hidden cameras; .... The speed of technological renovation puts this area constantly into the public spotlight, with concerns over the misuse of private ~ Interception of mobile phones ’ tex~ messages and emails" ’ Bugging ar electronic eavesdropping" data and the use oT .... inquiry agents or others to circumvent the Code The use of agents or intermediaries to obtain matedal intended ano ERe la~ for publication. Additional y, the PCC and the newspaper and magazine industry have launched their own initiatives to ensure that both the Code and the law -- such as the Data Protection Act and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act -- are properfy observed fSee £~r;efin~L~ undercover reDortera filmed guests at a orivate party for people working on the "IV soap Emmerdale was upheld after the PCC roundly rejected the newspaper’s exnlanatton that the ,aurnalista might have discovered people benavmg in a way which would have justified eublication )n the oublic interest. That would have given newsoaoers carte blanche to intrude on any private gathering of high profile figuras, said the Commiseion. ~/~’/~ v fvews of !the W~ "~ ~teDo,,~ 53 200f Seeking or ~inding? The Code’s rules apply to pre-publicetion news gathering as much as to publication iteett It would be a breecl" simply to seek malaria! that was against the Code, or to engage in misrepresentation or subterfuge -- even if nothing was published ....................................................... legitimate public interest woutd be served However, there is a distinction to be made between information which a newspaper or magazine has sought or obtained itself, or has commissioned, and that which comes unsolicited via a leak or from a whisttebtewer, perhaps. The newspaper might not know the 0rovenance of documents obtained in this way but could stdl be net DnVata life= It might have been very different.
For Distribution to CPs deception and reminded editors that they must take care to ensure that contributors’ material has been obtained in con" ~liance with the Code¯ (Noble ~ws ot tt~e woF~W: F~’epo~ ~ ~;b~ 2~704~ Unauthorised removal: A weekly newspaper reporter used a false identity to join a community website and download a picture of a policeman charged with possessing indecent images of children. The policeman complained that this was unauthorisad removal of a photograph, obtained by subterfuge. He also claimed the newspaper’s reporting and publication of h{s address had distressed breached the Code, (Go!fyt~tofe v The Sun" R÷~ort 68. 2b~4). his mother ~with whom he lived -- thus intruding into shack, in Inde~er~enL R~r~r? 57 2C@2L breach of C/8,~s~’ 5 Humour misfired again when a journalist rang companies,asking if any of them would pay a retainerin return for favourable publicity, in order to run a light-hearted piece on their responses. The subsequent article said that a Railtrack spokeswoman had sounded shocked, but agreed to get back to the journalist. The PCC upheld the complaint -- ruling that, while humorous, the article might have left the in* ~ression that Railtrack had not entirely rejected the proposal. The press office had been n* sled and there was no sublic interest in doing so. /~i~;r~c’k ~tc v 7,9~ However, the PCC decided that downloading a picture that could Bask doo~ or frenf~: Another test is whether undercover methods be accessed simply by logging on to a public website did not amount are actua!l’y necessary, or whether the material could be obtained to ~meval, and the relatively minor subterfuge used was justified in via the front door rather than the back. The Code is clear that the public interest, generally subterfuge or misrepresentation should be used only when The Commission sympathised with the mother but said her information in the public interest cannotbe obtained by otherrneans. vulnerability did not entitle her son to greater privacy than might be expected by others accused of a serious ¯ offence " (B~.~.f~:~ , ,~ ~ £; k ~, < When a Sunday broadsheet ran a story that a Saudi-owned company printed the British National Party’s publication Voice of ";~,~’u T.~,es
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