Scotland Yard is setting up a team of officers to investigate allegations of computer hacking.
The Metropolitan Police said it is considering a number of breaches of privacy allegations received since January.
The new team will investigate matters not covered by Operation Weeting, the force's phone hacking probe.
The Metropolitan Police described Operation Tuleta as a 'consideration of allegations' dating back to January 2011 rather than an investigation.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said that the operation has been looking into allegations of breach of privacy which fell outside the remit of Operation Weeting in that they were not related to phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper.
The spokesman said: 'Now some aspects of that operation are being moved towards investigation.'
Operation Tuleta first came to public attention last June when Channel 4 News reported the codename in relation to a 'scoping exercise' by the Metropolitan Police into the interception of emails and hacking into computer files.
The programme claimed that one alleged victim was a former undercover agent who infiltrated the IRA.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick responded by claiming officers were undertaking a 'formal assessment' of the claims to determine whether a criminal investigation would be appropriate.
