Phone hacking: NI asked tech firm to delete emails ’11 times’

HCL Technologies makes claim about News of the World publisher in a written submission to select committee The technology company used by News International to store archived emails said on Wednesday NI had asked it to delete messages on 11 occassions during a 19-month period. HCL Technologies wrote to the home affairs select committee to update MPs following earlier evidence it submitted in August, in which it said News International had asked it to delete material seven times. It said it had since identified a further four requests, including one from News International last December asking the HCL to delete messages: “from an inbox of a user who had not accessed his email account for eight years”. Commitee chairman Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East, said: “The request for deletion of folders and emails by News International is concerning. The committee will continue to investigate the issue of phone hacking and the removal of any information that could possibly point to the prevalence of phone hacking by those working in the organisation.” The committee asked HCL earlier this year to provide it with a full list of occassions when News International reqested the removal or deletion emails from December 2009 to June 2011. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly “for publication”. • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook . Phone hacking Newspapers & magazines National newspapers Newspapers News International James Robinson guardian.co.uk

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