<p>Speaking to the media in the US, he said phone hacking was "a horrendous violation of privacy".<br /><br />His ex-wife Heather Mills had alleged that her phone was hacked to access McCartney's messages while she was in India at the behest of the Trinity Mirror newspaper group.</p>.<p>McCartney told journalists in Ohio: "When I go back [to Britain] after this tour, I am going to talk to the police because apparently I have been hacked. I don't know much about it because they won't tell anyone except the person themselves. So I will be talking to them about that".<br /><br />He said: "I do think it's horrendous violation of privacy. I do think it has been going on for a long time and I do think more people than we know knew about it. But I think I should just listen and hear what the facts are before I comment."<br /><br />The phone-hacking row has widened beyond Rupert Murdoch's titles with Heather Mills's revelation on a BBC programme on Wednesday night.<br /><br />At the time her phone was hacked in 2001, McCartney was Mills' boy-friend and the two married in 2002. They divorced in 2008.<br /><br />The Mirror Group is part of Trinity Mirror, which publishes over 260 titles including the Daily and Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and People.<br /><br />Mills told the BBC that a senior Mirror Group journalist admitted hacking voicemails left for her by McCartney.<br /><br />She said that after McCartney left the voicemail in 2001, the journalist rang her quoting parts of the recording.<br /><br />Mills said that in early 2001 she had had a row with McCartney, who later left a conciliatory message on her voicemail while she was away in India.<br /><br />Later, a senior Mirror Group journalist rang her and "started quoting verbatim the messages from my machine".<br /><br />Mills said she challenged the journalist saying: "You've obviously hacked my phone and if you do anything with this story... I'll go to the police."<br /><br />She said the person responded: "OK, OK, yeah we did hear it on your voice messages, I won't run it."<br /><br />Trinity Mirror responded to the allegation by saying: "Our position is clear. All our journalists work within the criminal law and the PCC [Press Complaints Commission] code of conduct."<br /><br />According to the BBC, many other prominent people, including footballer Rio Ferdinand and TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, also believe they were hacked by the Mirror group.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Speaking to the media in the US, he said phone hacking was "a horrendous violation of privacy".<br /><br />His ex-wife Heather Mills had alleged that her phone was hacked to access McCartney's messages while she was in India at the behest of the Trinity Mirror newspaper group.</p>.<p>McCartney told journalists in Ohio: "When I go back [to Britain] after this tour, I am going to talk to the police because apparently I have been hacked. I don't know much about it because they won't tell anyone except the person themselves. So I will be talking to them about that".<br /><br />He said: "I do think it's horrendous violation of privacy. I do think it has been going on for a long time and I do think more people than we know knew about it. But I think I should just listen and hear what the facts are before I comment."<br /><br />The phone-hacking row has widened beyond Rupert Murdoch's titles with Heather Mills's revelation on a BBC programme on Wednesday night.<br /><br />At the time her phone was hacked in 2001, McCartney was Mills' boy-friend and the two married in 2002. They divorced in 2008.<br /><br />The Mirror Group is part of Trinity Mirror, which publishes over 260 titles including the Daily and Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and People.<br /><br />Mills told the BBC that a senior Mirror Group journalist admitted hacking voicemails left for her by McCartney.<br /><br />She said that after McCartney left the voicemail in 2001, the journalist rang her quoting parts of the recording.<br /><br />Mills said that in early 2001 she had had a row with McCartney, who later left a conciliatory message on her voicemail while she was away in India.<br /><br />Later, a senior Mirror Group journalist rang her and "started quoting verbatim the messages from my machine".<br /><br />Mills said she challenged the journalist saying: "You've obviously hacked my phone and if you do anything with this story... I'll go to the police."<br /><br />She said the person responded: "OK, OK, yeah we did hear it on your voice messages, I won't run it."<br /><br />Trinity Mirror responded to the allegation by saying: "Our position is clear. All our journalists work within the criminal law and the PCC [Press Complaints Commission] code of conduct."<br /><br />According to the BBC, many other prominent people, including footballer Rio Ferdinand and TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, also believe they were hacked by the Mirror group.<br /><br /></p>