The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), including its exemptions, applies to the police. Section 29 of the Act details the "crime and taxation" exemption which allows personal data either to be processed or withheld from the data subject for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
Data protection and the police (81 KB , PDF)
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), including its exemptions, applies to the police. Section 29 of the Act details the “crime and taxation” exemption which allows personal data either to be processed or withheld from the data subject for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
Data protection and the police (81 KB , PDF)
The draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill would require those responsible for publicly accessible venues to take steps to reduce the threat to the public from terrorist attacks. It has been published in response to a recommendation from the Inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 and a campaign by the mother of one of the victims.
In recent years there has been an increased use of Government powers to deprive people of their British citizenship and withdraw British passport facilities, particularly from those who may be involved in fighting, extremist activity or terrorist training overseas.
The Casey Review identified problems in how police officers are dismissed for misconduct. What are the problems, and how will they be addressed?
