Rogue investigators were able to delete information from police databases, according to the uncensored version of a report into the illegal trade in personal information.

Only the designated registrar may modify or delete information about domain names in a central registry database.

The panel of five judges did not rule out deleting information in other cases but set strict criteria for when this would be allowed.

A gatekeeping process involves doing some of the following: selecting, channelling, shaping, manipulating and deleting information.

When used on a computer screen, however, it indicates recently deleted information.