Lord Lester of Herne Hill – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2014-06-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the limits to the power of the police and security services to search data stored on mobile phones.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

There are strict statutory safeguards in place regarding the interference of property to access data stored on mobile phones.

Current UK law limits police powers to search data stored on a mobile phone.
The data can only be searched if the phone has been lawfully seized under a power in Police And Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).