I fail to see how processing past convictions could be said to be for the
prevention or detection of a criminal act. It is a tenet of the law that
past convictions should not be used as evidence of guilt in a later crime.
This is a personal view.
Tony Smith
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From: Rebecca Hughes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:26 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Criminal convictions
Dear All,
SI 2000 No. 417 states that sensitive data can be processed for the
purposes of the prevention or detection of any unlawful act.
Can I draw from this that I can process data relating to criminal
convictions without the consent of the subject?
I wonder whether this principle could be extended to data relating to spent
convictions? Surely it could if the purpose of that processing was to
prevent or detect an unlawful act.
Thoughts welcome.
Becky
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