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Metropolitan Police's unchecked use of shoplifting platform lands force in trouble with data watchdog
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reprimanded London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and issued an enforcement notice after officers used a retail crime platform without the force's approval or required data protection checks. Between March 2023 and September 2024, MPS officers registered around 500 free accounts on Auror, a platform retailers use to record crimes such as shoplifting. The force had not formally procured the service or completed the required data protection chec
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