Policy paper

Basic DBS check Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we will use your personal data and outlines your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.

• From: Disclosure and Barring Service
• Published: 11 May 2018
• Last updated: 29 January 2025
  Show all updates

  1. 29 January 2025

     Information around how customers get an authorisation code has been updated.

  2. 5 July 2018

     Welsh translation of Privacy Policy added.

  3. 4 June 2018

     PDF attachment added for accessibility reasons.

  4. 11 May 2018

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 5 November 2025

Withdrawn as information consolidated into ‘Barring Privacy Notice’ and ‘Disclosure Services Privacy Notice’, available here: DBS Privacy Policies - GOV.UK

Documents

Basic DBS Check Privacy Policy

HTML

Polisi Preifatrwydd ar gyfer gwiriadau sylfaenol

HTML

Details

This is our Privacy Policy. It tells you how we will use and protect any information we hold about you as part of your basic disclosure application.