Under statutory power there is a specific legal power, but not an obligation, to share police information with another party. When sharing information under a statutory power: forces may do so without using an ISA , MoU or SLA. forces must maintain an audit trail of the information shared.
Q. Can the police request personal data?
You need to be satisfied that the personal data is necessary for the law enforcement authority to fulfil its law enforcement purposes. For example, a police force should tell you why it needs the personal data you hold. You must only share personal data that is limited to what is requested and what is reasonable.
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Q. Does GDPR apply to the police?
Law enforcement – the processing of personal data by competent authorities for law enforcement purposes is outside the UK GDPR’s scope (e.g. the Police investigating a crime). Instead, this type of processing is subject to the rules in Part 3 of the DPA 2018.
Q. What is a Section 29 request?
Section 29 (1),(2),(3),(4) of the Data Protection Act 1998, provides. exemptions for the processing of personal data for the following purposes: The prevention and detection of crime. The apprehension or prosecution of offenders. The assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any imposition.
Q. What is a DPA request?
Related Content. A mechanism introduced under the Data Protection Act 1998 which gives individuals the right to access any of their personal data held by third parties on payment of a fee, provided the request satisfies certain requirements.
Q. What are the exemptions to the Data Protection Act?
What exemptions are available?
- Crime and taxation: general.
- Crime and taxation: risk assessment.
- Information required to be disclosed by law or in connection with legal proceedings.
- Legal professional privilege.
- Self incrimination.
- Disclosure prohibited or restricted by an enactment.
- Immigration.
Q. Is GDPR part of the Data Protection Act 2018?
The Data Protection Act. The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses or the government. The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Q. Is Data Protection Act still valid?
The DPA 2018 sets out the framework for data protection law in the UK. It updates and replaces the Data Protection Act 1998, and came into effect on 25 May 2018. The ‘applied GDPR’ provisions (that were part of Part 2 Chapter 3) enacted in 2018 were removed with effect from 1 Jan 2021 and are no longer relevant.
