In this self explanatory letter, I ask the Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter whether the proposed new category of 'Bulk Personal Dataset' applies to ANPR and whether the intelligence agencies have a copy of all our journey data as part of … [Read more...] about Do the intelligence agencies also have a record of our car journeys from the ANPR system? #IPBill
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ANPR – should the MPS be hanging on to national vehicle movements data from 2012?
It appears that the Met Police might hold a local copy of the national ANPR feed going back to 2012. This appears to have been put in place as a CT measure during the Olympics, on the understanding (agreed with the ICO) that it would be deleted … [Read more...] about ANPR – should the MPS be hanging on to national vehicle movements data from 2012?
Regulator puts tough questions to police on ANPR governance following my FOI
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner has put a series of tough questions to the police forces that operate the ANPR system following disturbing revelations in my FOI work. Commissioner Tony Porter said in a speech to the ANPR user group … [Read more...] about Regulator puts tough questions to police on ANPR governance following my FOI
ANPR – concerns about governance and legality of data retention
I have written before about governance of police data in my role as a former member of the Crime and Justice Sector Transparency Panel. The automatic number plate recognition system in the UK is huge - as many as ten billion number plate reads a … [Read more...] about ANPR – concerns about governance and legality of data retention
Police databases time for some broadly based civilian governance?
Through my seat on the Crime and Justice Sector Transparency panel I have asked the Home Office for a note on lay or civilian membership of governance bodies of the major police databases. I want to help stop the police blundering into the same … [Read more...] about Police databases time for some broadly based civilian governance?