How times have changed.
A decade ago it was considered fair game if a PI went through your rubbish and got their sticky mitts on your bank statement and passed it on to someone else. It was considered your own fault for not shredding it. The law has not changed since then but now they are prosecuting the PIs for the same thing.
This madness will not be allowed to continue, it’s only a matter of time before the government decides that personal protections are getting in the way of dodgy business.