ALMOST ONE THOUSAND police officers and staff have broken the UK Data Protection Act, according to research from rights watchers Big Brother Watch.

The group found out about the privacy breaches through a range of Freedom of Information requests, according to V3.co.uk, which reports that while just under 1,000 police officers and staff have illegally accessed confidential databases, just 98 have been sacked.
The revelations follow the phone hacking and police bribery scandals at the News of the World, so they come at an embarrassing time for the UK police