v3.co.uk - Home Office faces investigation
into police database with 20 - million mugshots ruled unlawful six years ago
Individuals stopped are not suspected of committing a crime, but are questioned by police services, and more shockingly, entered
into a police database.
Not exact matches
Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi quickly jumped
into the fray, insisting that «no provision of the SAFE Act... has been rolled back or altered due to this memorandum,» and that it merely codified what the State
Police have long been saying — the technology for the ammunition - sale
database is not yet ready, and won't be for the foreseeable future.
Newsday has assembled a
database of pension costs that reveals what public agencies on Long Island pay
into three state pension systems - the Employees» Retirement System, the
Police and Fire Retirement System, and the Teachers» Retirement System.
The legislation Governor Paterson is being urged to veto would prevent
police officers from putting personally identifiable information
into the
database on people who are stopped but who are not given a summons or arrested.
The
police stop and question members of the public and enter this information
into a
database, including demographic information and social contacts.
The Information and Privacy Commissioner has released her investigation report to allegations that Ontario
police are routinely inputting sensitive mental health information
into national
police databases, which are not only accessible to all Canadian
police departments, but also the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security.
The Commissioner's office (IPC) conducted a major investigation
into whether the privacy rights of prospective jurors were breached when the
police, on behalf of Crown attorneys, conducted background checks through a variety of means, ranging from accessing confidential
databases, to informally gathering anecdotal information.
According to the Guardian, citing a report to be released tomorrow,
police in the UK have been routinely arresting people wihtout justification just to get their DNA
into the national
database:
In addition, a custodial parent may need to file a local
police report and ask law enforcement to enter the minor's information
into the National Crime Information Center, a federal
database.