Met Police apologises for exposing email addresses of 143 alleged Al Fayed victims

The Met reported the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office

London police force tells Telegraph incident was result of ‘human error’ and it is conducting an investigation The Metropolitan police have apologised for accidentally exposing the email addresses of more than 140 victims of Mohamed Al Fayed. In a group update about its investigation into the former Harrods owner, the

Scotland Yard copied in all those who had signed up to receive a monthly update

The victims' addresses were exposed after officers copied them into an update about the force's investigation into people suspected of facilitating the late Harrods tycoon's alleged sexual abuse.

People might also be entitled up to two free years of credit monitoring.