{"id":1867282,"date":"2023-03-04T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-information-watchdog-says-lockdown-files-expose-issues-with-public-record-keeping\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T11:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:56:51","slug":"uk-information-watchdog-says-lockdown-files-expose-issues-with-public-record-keeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-information-watchdog-says-lockdown-files-expose-issues-with-public-record-keeping\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Information Watchdog Says \u2018Lockdown Files\u2019 Expose Issues With Public Record Keeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-information-watchdog-says-lockdown-files-expose-issues-with-public-record-keeping%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1867282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>The leakage of WhatsApp messages between government officials and ministers during the COVID-19 epidemic has shown the necessity to revise rules regarding public records-keeping, according to the UK information watchdog.<\/p>\n<p>Inputting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/03\/03\/lockdown-files-will-help-us-learn-experience-covid\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>John Edwards, the Information Commissioner said that the revelations by the newspaper about WhatsApp decisions showed how government uses private messaging apps to maintain transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<h2>The Lockdown Files<\/h2>\n<p>Sine Feb. 28, The Telegraph has published more than 30 stories based on\u00a0100,000 WhatsApp messages it exclusively obtained from\u00a0journalist Isabel Oakeshott, who had been given access to the messages by\u00a0former Health Secretary Matt Hancock when he enlisted Oakeshott&#8217;s help to\u00a0co-write a book called &#8220;Pandemic Diaries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph called the series, &#8220;continuing&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/lockdown-files\/\">The Lockdown Files<\/a>&#8220;\u2014an apparently nod to the Elon Musk-endorsed Twitter Files investigation.\u00a0Associate Editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/03\/02\/why-telegraph-revealed-matt-hancocks-whatsapp-messages-lockdown\/\">Camilla Tominey said<\/a> The publication published the messages as a result. &#8220;in the interest of openness, transparency, and accountability, the public has a right to know what went on behind the scenes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper reported that Hancock was the first victim of the pandemic on March 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/lockdown-files-matt-hancock-whatsapp-whitty-care-homes-covid\/\">rejected the advice<\/a> from\u00a0England&#8217;s Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty that everyone going into care homes should be tested for COVID-19,\u00a0telling an aide the move just &#8220;muddies the waters&#8221; Only those who are coming from hospitals were eligible for mandatory testing.<\/p>\n<p>Hancock refuted the Telegraph&#8217;s claims following the publication, calling them &#8220;false&#8221; &#8220;flat wrong,&#8221; and claiming\u00a0the messages had been &#8220;spun to fit an anti-lockdown agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3876179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/featureimage-2-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Matt Hancock (undated photo by Aaron Chown\/PA).<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/03\/02\/matt-hancock-simon-case-quarantine-hotel-covid-whatsapp\/\">Another Telegraph report<\/a> Public messages appeared to depict Simon Case and Hancock, the permanent secretary of Downing Street mocking those who were forced to go into hotel quarantine following their visit to the UK. They also spoke out about urging the police to enforce the lockdown rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/03\/04\/matt-hancock-lockdown-files-covid-10-things-learnt\/\">Other claims<\/a> Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of England, questions the legitimacy for the lockdowns and masks in England&#8217;s secondary schools. &#8220;an argument&#8221; Hancock with Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/03\/03\/gina-coladangelo-matt-hancock-affair-kiss-whatsapp-lockdown\/\">scrambling to save his job<\/a> It was first reported in t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> Continue Reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/uk-information-watchdog-says-lockdown-files-expose-issues-with-public-record-keeping_5099550.html?utm_source=partner&#038;utm_campaign=conservnewsd\">UK Information Watchdog Says \u2018Lockdown Files&#8217; Expose Issues With Public Record Keeping<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leakage of WhatsApp messages between government officials and ministers during the COVID-19 epidemic has shown the necessity to revise rules regarding public records-keeping, according to the UK information watchdog. 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