Guidance

MOD Law Enforcement Privacy Notices

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) data protection policies relating to law enforcement processing of personal data.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 25 January 2024
• Last updated: 9 April 2026
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  1. 9 April 2026

     Page title updated from 'MOD Service Police Privacy Notice' to 'MOD Law Enforcement Privacy Notices'. The 'Details' section has been updated with more information on the purposes for which MOD may process personal data for law enforcement purposes. Translated versions of the privacy notices have been uploaded. German-, Estonian-, and Polish-language versions of the MOD Service Police - Body Worn Video Privacy Notice have been added.

  2. 27 October 2025

     'MOD Service Police- Body Worn Video Privacy Notice' added and 'Royal Military Police - body worn video privacy notice' removed.

  3. 10 September 2024

     Added MOD Service Custody - detainee under sentence and visitor privacy notice.

  4. 6 February 2024

     Added 'Royal Military Police - Body Worn Video privacy notice'.

  5. 25 January 2024

     First published.

Documents

MOD Service Police privacy notice

ODT, 63.4 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

MOD Service Custody - detainee under sentence and visitor privacy notice

HTML

MOD Service Custody - detainee under sentence and visitor privacy notice

PDF, 192 KB, 4 pages

MOD Service Police - Body Worn Video Privacy Notice

PDF, 178 KB, 4 pages

MOD Service Police - Body Worn Video Privacy Notice (German version)

PDF, 110 KB, 5 pages

MOD Service Police - Body Worn Video Privacy Notice (Estonian version)

PDF, 164 KB, 4 pages

MOD Service Police - Body Worn Video Privacy Notice (Polish version)

PDF, 262 KB, 6 pages

Details

The MOD Law Enforcement Privacy Notices explain how and why the MOD Service Police Forces and Military Provost Staff process your personal data for law enforcement purposes, including the prevention, investigation, detection, or prosecution of criminal offences, the execution of criminal penalties, and safeguarding against, or preventing, threats to public security. These Privacy Notices outline the data protection regime which applies when your personal data is processed for law enforcement purposes and explain your data protection rights.

For more information on how the MOD protects special category personal data and data relating to criminal convictions, please visit:

MOD policy document: protecting special category and criminal convictions personal data