Why ask the police for the data they hold about you?
As an individual, you have the right to access and receive a copy of your personal data. This is referred to as a Subject Access Request or ‘SAR’. You have the right to ask for a copy of records the police have about you on the Police National Computer (PNC).
Furthermore, if you believe your personal data may have been gathered and held by the National Domestic Extremism Unit or on CRIMINT, a criminal intelligence database that also includes information about protesters and in 2012 contained 14 million records, then you are entitled to see what information about you is held by the police. You can access this information by making a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act.
Netpol has created an online guide to making a Subject Access Request and is separate from the police’s own online form: Details here.
It also includes information over who should apply and what it could mean if you do. You can also use the police’s own online form to carry out a subject access request. Details here.
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