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LARGE numbers of women are still being subjected to “digital strip-searches” despite a government pledge to overhaul how rape cases are investigated, the data watchdog has found.
In a report published today, Information Commissioner John Edwards calls for the criminal justice sector to end immediately the practice of collecting vast amounts of digital information, including through phone analysis, from victims.
Mr Edwards said: “Our investigation reveals an upsetting picture of how victims of rape and serious sexual assault feel treated.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
To quell the public anger and silence the far right, Labour has rushed out a report so that it can launch a National Inquiry — ANN CZERNIK examines Baroness Casey’s incendiary audit and finds fatal flaws that fail to 'draw a line' under the scandal as hoped