Robert Jenrick adds hundreds to WhatsApp group in mix-up

Hundreds of Westminster insiders were added to – and then swiftly deleted from – a WhatsApp group set up by shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick to promote his London marathon run.
The mishap was laughed off by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who revealed that she too had briefly been a member of the chat along with senior journalists, former cabinet members and other Tory MPs.
The BBC has been told Jenrick is not referring himself to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which investigates data breaches.
A source said the ICO did not need to be involved because the contacts had been added to the group for “personal purposes” and the risk of malicious use was low.
The ICO told BBC News that data protection law did not apply to the use of personal information for “domestic and household” purposes.

Source: BBC | Language: English