Fuck the jolly old British police too, what.
Police demands for potential rape victims' data spark privacy fears | Society | The Guardian
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Police are demanding almost unfettered access to highly personal records and data from potential rape victims before pressing ahead with their cases, the Guardian can reveal.
In some areas, complainants are being asked to disclose health, school and college records, counselling notes and all data from their electronic devices, documents obtained under freedom of information requests show.
In London, the Metropolitan police request access to social media, web browsing activity and content, instant messages, location data, emails, deleted data, images, videos, audio files, apps, contacts, documents, MMS and SMS messages – which can be kept for up to 100 years. The information provided can then be disclosed to the Crown Prosecution Service and the defence.
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Campaigners say victims are regularly advised that prosecutions will not be brought if they do not grant access to their personal data.
Vera Baird, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) victims lead, said: “It is only in rape and sexual assault cases that there is any such thing as a Stafford statement and a requirement for these records.
“The huge differences in the records that are demanded shows the utter irrelevance of much of this material. [...]
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“Victims are all too often left with the impression it is them and their credibility that is under investigation, not the person actually accused of a serious violent crime.”
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Ask me again why
she/
he didn't report
it.