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| Two charged over BNP members leak | Two charged over BNP members leak |
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| Two people have been charged with breaching the Data Protection Act after a British National Party membership list was leaked on the internet. | Two people have been charged with breaching the Data Protection Act after a British National Party membership list was leaked on the internet. |
| Dyfed-Powys Police said they were arrested as part of a joint investigation with the Information Commissioner's Office. | Dyfed-Powys Police said they were arrested as part of a joint investigation with the Information Commissioner's Office. |
| They will appear before magistrates in Nottingham on 1 September. | They will appear before magistrates in Nottingham on 1 September. |
| The names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of some 10,000 BNP supporters were leaked in November. | |
| The list included the names of current and former servicemen, police officer, teachers and doctors. | |
| The BNP said it dated from 2007 and many of those named were no longer members. | |
| Party leader Nick Griffin lodged a complaint with Dyfed-Powys, his local force, on the grounds that publishing the list breached human rights and data protection laws, and could put those named at risk. | |
| He called the leak as "a disgraceful act of treachery" by former BNP members who were subsequently sacked. | |
| Earlier last year, the party obtained an injunction from the High Court in Manchester banning any publication of the list. |