Officials in Liverpool trawled through the phone logs and emails of Labour councillor Joe Anderson in an internal probe.
Under town hall rules, officials are banned from looking at councillors' mobile phone records.
The Information Commissioner's Office - which protects personal information - confirmed it was investigating a possible breach of the Data Protection Act.
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The scandal is the latest by snooping councils.
In April, it was revealed that Poole Borough Council in Dorset spied on a family to check they lived in the right school catchment area.
Other councils have admitted using laws intended to thwart terrorists to probe petty offences such as littering and poor parking.
Approximately 1000 cases per week are abused by councils using anti terror laws.Are you happy living in the new East Germany ??
None of the 3 major parties have plans to repeal any of these sick anti-public laws, only the Libertarian Party promises to do so.
