Civil servants to be forced to publish Gmail emails
Civil servants have been warned that using private email accounts for official business in an effort to dodge Freedom of Information Act requests is a criminal offence.
...The statement [by the Information Commissioner] has reportedly worried many civil servants, many of whom communicate more informally using private webmail accounts believing they were exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. Campaigners have claimed Gmail and other services are used to conduct official business without public scrutiny.
I wonder how the ICO views reports of the IPCC setting up back-channel communication networks?