Britain’s data protection regulator calls for end to excessive scrutiny of rape victims’ personal information; ‘digital strip-search’. Photo: Shutterstock
Stop the digital ‘strip-search’ of rape victims, urges UK watchdog
- Victims of attacks are being forced to hand over extraordinary amounts of information about their lives from medical records to school reports
- Distrust in the system is leading to low prosecution and conviction rates as victims feel they are being treated as suspects instead of supported
Britain’s data protection regulator calls for end to excessive scrutiny of rape victims’ personal information; ‘digital strip-search’. Photo: Shutterstock
