Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog

Campaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO collapse in enforcement activity' after Afghan data breach

Dozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK's data protection watchdog, after what they describe as a collapse in enforcement activity" after the scandal of the Afghan data breach.

A total of 73 academics, senior lawyers, data protection experts and organisations including Statewatch and the Good Law Project, have written a letter to Chi Onwurah, the chair of the cross-party Commons science, innovation and technology committee, coordinated by Open Rights Group, calling for an inquiry to be held into the office of the information commissioner, John Edwards.