This article sounds typical of a local newspaper beefing up a non-story.
That the police record details of individuals reporting crime sounds
like a normal and necessary part of their policing function, providing
of course the database is kept in line with the DPA principles. That is
not the same as the creation and retention of thousands of intelligence
files on innocent people.
Carolyn Howard
Solicitor
Leicester City Council
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>>> Ibrahim Hasan <[log in to unmask]> 12/08/2010 12:46 >>>
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8324612.Files_on_thousands_of_innocent_people_held_on_police_database/
TENS of thousands of people who have never even been linked with an
offence are on a secret North Yorkshire Police database, The Press can
reveal.
Details of more than 180,000 people are on the force’s information
management system, despite only a fraction being even suspected of any
crime.
Privacy campaigners have condemned the force, after an investigation by
The Press found information on innocent informants was stored along with
that of suspects and vulnerable complainants.
The database contains information on 38,259 suspects and 181,917 people
who have simply reported information.
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Solicitor and Trainer
www.informationlaw.org.uk
Follow me on Twitter @ActNowTraining
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