I found an almost new iPod that had been dropped on the floor. I spent a few minutes looking for the owners details but other than a few Rihanna tunes and rap

I found an almost new iPod that had been dropped on the floor. I spent a few minutes looking for the owners details but other than a few Rihanna tunes and rap videos watched on Youtube I couldn't establish the owners contact details. SO I gave it into the local police station. I asked if I could collect it if no one claimed it within 30 days. No. It comes under data protection act and have to be destroyed. Bloody UK law.