BBC Policy - Covert Human Intelligence Source
Paul Atkinson made this Freedom of Information request to British Broadcasting Corporation This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
Please can you disclose the BBC policies/procedures/guidelines that cover a member of your staff, signing up to be, or becoming, a Covert Human Intelligence Source for the police, as defined by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000), during the course of their employment by the BBC.
If no such policy exists, what procedure would the BBC follow if a member of staff informed their line manager that they had signed up to be, or had become, a Covert Human Intelligence Source for the police, as defined by RIPA?
Yours faithfully,
Paul Atkinson
Dear Paul Atkinson,
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was received on 24 May 2021. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.
The reference number for your request is RFI20210926.
Kind regards,
Information Rights
BBC Freedom of Information
BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre
201 Wood Lane
London W12 7TP
www.bbc.co.uk/foi
Email: [BBC request email]
Dear Mr Atkinson,
Please find attached our response to your request for information,
reference RFI20210926.
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights, BBC Legal
BC2A4, Broadcast Centre
201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP
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