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'''Operation Motorman''' was a 2003 investigation by the [[Information Commissioner's Office]] into allegations of offences under the [[Data Protection Act 1998|Data Protection Act]] by the British press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2011/02/04/observer-seeks-to-distinguish-operation-motorman-from-the-phone-hacking-scandal/|title=Observer seeks to distinguish ‘Operation Motorman’ from the phone-hacking scandal|date=February 4, 2011|author=Rachel McAthy|publisher=journalism.co.uk|accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inhouselawyer.co.uk/index.php/media-entertainment-a-sport/8345-fleet-street-phone-hacking-scandal-a-legal-perspective|title=Fleet Street phone-hacking scandal: a legal perspective|author=Laura Tyler and Phil Hartley|publisher=The In-House Lawyer|date=8 March 2011|accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref><ref name=Whatprice>{{cite web|title=What Price Privacy?|url=http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/library/Corporate/Research_and_reports/WHAT_PRICE_PRIVACY.ashx|publisher=Information Commissioner's Office|date=10 May 2006|accessdate=2011-07-06|
The ICO first became aware of the scale of the problem in November 2002, when an ICO investigator attended a search under warrant of [[John Boyall]],<ref name=WhatPricePrivacyNow>{{cite news|title=What Price Privacy Now?|url=http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/current_topics/what_price_privacy_now.aspx|accessdate=20 August 2011|newspaper=Information Commissioner's Office|date=December 2006|
The ICO later obtained search warrants for the Hampshire office of a private detective Steve Whittamore.<ref name=Guardian21Sept>{{cite news |title=Newspapers used me as fall guy, says convicted private eye |author=James Robinson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/21/newspapers-fall-guy-steve-whittamore |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 September 2010 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |location=London}}</ref> A huge cache of documents revealed, in precise detail, a network of police and public employees illegally selling personal information obtained from government computer systems. The personal information that Whittamore obtained from his network was passed on to journalists working for various newspapers, including the ''[[News of the World]]'', the ''[[Sunday Times]]'', the ''[[The Observer|Observer]]'', the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and the ''[[Daily Mirror]]''.<ref name=Guardian21Sept/> At least 305 different reporters have been identified as customers of the network.<ref>{{cite news |title=Read all about it: The secret dossier of lawbreaking that spells trouble for Rupert Murdoch...and David Cameron |author=Brian Brady and James Hanning |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/read-all-about-it-the-secret-dossier-of-lawbreaking-that-spells-trouble-for-rupert-murdochand-david-cameron-2077170.html |newspaper=The Independent on Sunday |date=12 September 2010 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |location=London}}</ref>
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