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Posts tagged Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018
Now you see me...

As police forces are encouraged by the government to expand their use of live facial recognition technologies, with the Prime Minister announcing additional funding, Handley Gill Limited’s specialist consultants consider the legal issues that arise and the actions that Chief Constables and forces must take prior to deploying or even procuring LFR for law enforcement purposes.

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Non-sequitur

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider the conclusions and implications of the College of Policing’s review of Lancashire Constabulary’s handling of the investigation into the disappearance of Nicola Bulley for the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes by police forces and other competent authorities under Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018.

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PSNI Blues

Reflecting on the reprimand issued by the Information Commissioner against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for unlawfully transferring personal data processed for the law enforcement purposes under Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018 to the USA, Handley Gill’s consultants identify the elements of a compliance programme that would mitigate against such incidents and have produced a downloadable pdf illustrating each lawful basis for transferring personal data processed under Part 3 DPA 2018 overseas.

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U-turn?

Handley Gill summarises the Government's publication of its response to the ‘Data: A New Direction’ consultation, previewing the content of the forthcoming Data Reform Bill, which was proposed in ‘The Benefits of Brexit’ policy paper and formally announced in the Queen’s Speech 2022.

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Who's Under Investigation?

The Information Commissioner recently published an opinion, 'Who’s Under Investigation? The processing of victims’ personal data in rape and serious sexual offence investigations', which calls on the police, CPS and other prosecution agencies to overhaul their approach to the obtaining and retention of victim personal data.

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Taking a wrong turn? Government pursues data protection reform

The Government has today (10 May 2022) announced in the Queen’s Speech that further to its consultation ‘Data: A New Direction’ it will bring forward legislation in this Parliamentary session to reform the UK’s data protection law (the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) which has been adopted virtually wholesale from the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Deep Impact on Data Protection Impact Assessments

Data controllers should revisit their Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).

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