{"id":2441,"date":"2021-08-10T11:46:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T09:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/10\/covid-contracts-inquiry-to-look-into-use-of-whatsapp-says-ico\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:46:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T09:46:14","slug":"covid-contracts-inquiry-to-look-into-use-of-whatsapp-says-ico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/10\/covid-contracts-inquiry-to-look-into-use-of-whatsapp-says-ico\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid contracts: inquiry to look into use of WhatsApp, says ICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Information commissioner confirms Lord Bethell\u2019s use of messaging app will be investigated<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office has confirmed it will look into the private use of WhatsApp and other phone messaging apps and channels to conduct government business as well as emails, after Labour asked for more details of its investigation into Lord Bethell, the health minister.<\/p>\n<p>Labour wrote to Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, after it emerged Bethell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/aug\/04\/covid-contracts-minister-lord-bethell-replaced-phone-before-it-could-be-searched\">replaced his mobile phone<\/a> before it could be searched for information relevant to \u00a385m of Covid test deals that are subject to a legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/aug\/10\/covid-contracts-inquiry-to-look-into-use-of-whatsapp-says-ico\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/94cc40400110aa6b5fd7dfb065e9ed5a8d013ddc\/0_0_5291_3176\/master\/5291.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=458a029e44d8e49c528008488c70acbc\" title=\"Covid contracts: inquiry to look into use of WhatsApp, says ICO\" \/>Information commissioner confirms Lord Bethell\u2019s use of messaging app will be investigated<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSee all our coronavirus coverage<\/p>\n<p>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office has confirmed it will look into the private use of WhatsApp and other phone messaging apps and channels to conduct government business as well as emails, after Labour asked for more details of its investigation into Lord Bethell, the health minister.<br \/>\nLabour wrote to Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, after it emerged Bethell replaced his mobile phone before it could be searched for information relevant to \u00a385m of Covid test deals that are subject to a legal challenge. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information commissioner confirms Lord Bethell\u2019s use of messaging app will be investigated Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office has confirmed it will look into the private use of WhatsApp and other phone messaging apps and channels to conduct government business as well as emails, after Labour asked for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/10\/covid-contracts-inquiry-to-look-into-use-of-whatsapp-says-ico\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Covid contracts: inquiry to look into use of WhatsApp, says ICO<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}