re: Warning?
"This case should serve as a warning....."
Really? A warning that what will happen? I see no fines or even wrist slapping mentioned as a result of a blatant breach of Data Protection......
Lancashire Police Authority breached the Data Protection Act by publishing the details of a complaint from an individual member of the public on its website, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has revealed. The force published the information accidentally, and then failed to remove it after the individual concerned …
There's a reason that, since the modern form of police force has existed, it's been portrayed in a comedy light.
The Keystone Cops are alive and well in the computer age. That's when they're not handing over the new phone number of a victim to her stalker and not bothering to submit any evidence in court, or arresting people for "possession of curly black hair and thick lips", etc...