The Financial Conduct Authority has been found to have broken data protection rules by intercepting and diverting emails, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The policy is believed to have been signed off by the office of then CEO Andrew Bailey, who is currently governor of the Bank of England, and has been used to keep track of employees considered to be a "nuisance", according to a report by The Times. The ICO concluded last month that the FCA had "infringed their data protection obligations", after a former employee complained about the policy to the data protection regulator. 'No intention' of retrospective action in FCA's proposed non-financial misconduct rules Emails from certain individuals were diverted from reaching their recip...
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