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UK: West Suffolk MP, Matt Hancock, left redfaced after new app is reported to have major privacy flaw

Posted on February 2, 2018 by pogowasright.org

Katie Mercer reports:

West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock has today announced the launch of his very own app and social network – but it is already being critcised for having a major error that possibly breaks data protection laws.

The secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport may have hoped that his pioneering ‘digital democracy’ would hit the headlines for being a first for UK politics, however, The Mirror was quick to report the app was accessing users saved photographs, even if it had been denied permission to do so.

Read more on East Anglian Daily Times.

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