Families who lost loved ones to Covid have slammed the Information Commissioner's Office [ICO] investigation into the CCTV leak which exposed Matt Hancock's affair.
Grieving relatives have said the investigation into the scandal that saw the Health Secretary resign was a 'slap in the face' for victims.
Investigators have seized electronic devices from two homes in relation to the leak of CCTV footage that showed Matt Hancock in a clinch with his aide.
ICO said officials raided two addresses in the south of England on Thursday and confiscated computers and electronic equipment.
Mr Hancock was forced to resign as Health Secretary last month after images emerged of him kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo.
The images, obtained by the Sun, appeared to be taken from CCTV footage from Mr Hancock's Whitehall office.
The information watchdog confirmed it was investigating after EMCOR Group - the firm running CCTV at the Department of Health and Social Care - submitted a report of an alleged data breach.
The Sun reports that some families who lost people to Covid have called the probe a “slap in the face” for victims.
Sue Kelk, 63, from Leeds, wife of Jason, 49, who died last month said: “Hancock was telling us week after week to keep apart and not visit each other, but obviously he wasn’t taking his own advice. Things like that shouldn’t be covered up.”
Angela Hanley, 55, whose dad William Donnelly, 87, of Ushaw Moor, Co Durham, died of Covid in April last year, said: “People are right to be angry. Hancock should be held accountable for his actions and what he’s done.”
Carrie-Anne Osborne, 32, of Hartlepool, who had a baby while in an induced coma with Covid, said: “It was a case of one rule for them and another for the rest of us and that’s wrong.”
Steve Eckersley, ICO director of investigations, previously said: "It's vital that all people, including employees and visitors to public buildings, have trust and confidence in the protection of their personal data captured by CCTV.
"In these circumstances, the ICO aims to react swiftly and effectively to investigate where there is a risk that other people may have unlawfully obtained personal data.
"We have an ongoing investigation into criminal matters and will not be commenting further until it is concluded."
