MP Nadine Dorries defends 'shared password' tweet - BBC News
Nadine Dorries said she shared her log-in passwords with all her staff, triggering security questions.
A Conservative MP has defended her cyber-security arrangements after revealing she shares her login passwords with all her staff.

Nadine Dorries said this included "interns on exchange programmes", triggering a backlash on Twitter.

In response, she said she was a backbench MP who did not have access to government documents.

The Mid Bedfordshire MP had been defending Conservative First Secretary of State Damian Green.

A Cabinet Office inquiry is examining claims pornography was found on a computer in Mr Green's Parliamentary office.

He denies watching or downloading pornography on his computer.

Ms Dorries was questioning a retired police officer's claim that Mr Green must have been responsible for material found on his computer.

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She defended herself in subsequent tweets, saying her team were responding to hundreds of emails every day.

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A fellow MP, Nick Boles, tweeted that he shared his password with his staff for the same reasons.

Ms Dorries later tweeted that she was "flattered" by people thinking she would have access to "government docs", adding: "Sorry to disappoint!"

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Jim Killock, of the Open Rights campaign group, said: "On the face of it, Nadine Dorries is admitting to breaching basic data protection laws, making sure her constituents' emails and correspondence is kept confidential and secure. She should not be sharing her log-in with interns.

"More worryingly, it appears this practice of MPs sharing their log-ins may be rather widespread. If so, we need to know."

He urged MPs' staff and former staff to get in touch with his campaign "if they have knowledge about insecure data practices in MPs' offices".