Guidance

Data Protection Act: Law Enforcement Processing

This Part of the Data Protection Act concerns law enforcement processing

From:
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Home Office, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Published
25 May 2018

Documents

Law Enforcement Data Processing Factsheet

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Law Enforcement Directive

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Law Enforcement Directive Impact Assessment

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Details

This Part of the Act regulates law enforcement data processing.

The Act:

  • updates our data protection laws governing the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes by the police, prosecutors and others

  • strengthens the rights of data subjects, whilst ensuring that criminal justice agencies and others can continue to use and share personal data to prevent and investigate crime, bring offenders to justice and keep communities safe

  • ensures that, following the UK’s exit from the European Union, our criminal justice agencies can continue to share data with partner agencies in other EU Member States and remain at the forefront of the international effort to tackle serious organised crime and other threats to our security

Published 25 May 2018

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