[Ammi]

....hmmmm, so thoughts.../should the police be allowed to tweet it just because he's a celebrity..?...an invasion of privacy..?...


An image taken by the Metropolitan Police helicopter of comedian Michael McIntyre standing on a London street has provoked anger on social media.

The picture was posted on the @NPASLondon Twitter account with a tweet saying: "Whilst on tasking in central London this morning we spotted a certain energetic funny man ... Can you guess who?"

It was taken outside the Global Radio offices in Leicester Square at around 8am on Wednesday morning.

Robin Wilton, using the Twitter handle @futureidentity, tweeted: "Did you seek the individual's consent? Or is this an abuse of your considerable surveillance powers?"

Another, Edward Davie (@EdDavie), added: "You do a great job but this is dodgy. Do you have permission to post pics of these people from a spy cam on Twitter?"

But a Scotland Yard spokesman said: "It does not constitute a breach of data protection as far as we know."

The spokesman added that there were no plans to remove the tweet but the picture was later deleted.

McIntyre's representative told Sky News there would be no comment from the star.

The comedian is due to perform a gig at the Ipswich Regent tonight as a warm-up to his Happy And Glorious UK and Ireland tour.

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/privacy-de...0.html#8xV3vM8

[Pete.]

Hell yes this is an invasion of privacy. Shouldn't they be doing their jobs rather than turning their Twitter feed into BB Live Feed Twitter

[Ramsay]

That's actually ridiculous. massive invasion of privacy.

[Jack_]

wtf I thought it'd be a long distance helicopter shot or something, not that close

How disgusting, don't they have more important things to be doing?

[MTVN]

Don't see the problem really, a central London street is not exactly the most private of places

[LeatherTrumpet]

can they at least get a shower shot of Fearne Cotton or something good?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Jack_

wtf I thought it'd be a long distance helicopter shot or something, not that close

How disgusting, don't they have more important things to be doing?

..it is a helicopter shot Jack..it was obviously recognisable as being Michael so the police decided it was ok to post it on a social site...

[Drew.]

People will look for any old reasons to complain about things these days wont they