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Written question asked by Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 14 March 2011.


Police: Databases

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how an individual can discover whether their details were held on a database in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged and actual anti-social behaviour; and how those individuals would apply for the removal of their name.
Answer

Individuals can make a subject access request to the relevant authority, including police forces, for their own personal information under the Data Protection Act 1998. Under Section 10 of the Act, an individual can ask the authority to stop processing their personal data.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7282; 726 c18WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Databases Anti-social behaviour South Wales Police Subject access requests
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk