Dear Sir or Madam,

On the 4th of December 2008 the European Court of Human Rights has
delivered at a public hearing its Grand Chamber judgement in the
case of S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom (application
nos.30562/04 and 30566/04).

The Court held unanimously that:

· "there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for
private and family life) of the European Convention on Human
Rights;" with regards to the UK goverment holding DNA and
fingerprints on innocent people.

As the UK goverment has lost its case and was found to be
unlawfully holding DNA and fingerprint details of innocent people i
wish to know the following

As of the 4th of December 2008

1: How many DNA and fingerprint samples of innocent people have
deleted ?

2: How many innocent people requested their DNA and fingerprint
samples be deleted?

3: If no DNA and fingerprint samples have been deleted i wish to
know the reasons WHY as the UK Goverment have been found to be in
breach of innocent peoples human rights and this would be
considered a crime in itself.

4: As there is no right of appeal from a final decision made by the
Grand Chamber when will your police force be routinely be deleting
records of innocent people ?

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am requesting an internal review as the response is well overdue

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Greater Manchester
Police's handling of my FOI request 'unlawful retention of innocent
peoples DNA and fingerprints'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/un...

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

Mr Anderson,

Further to your recent email.

It appears that the request you sent to us in January 2009 was not logged
as an FOI request.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused, however, I
can assure you that this request will be logged today and actioned as soon
as possible.

Many Thanks
Rebecca Rice
Information Access Team Leader

Greater Manchester Police
Information Governance Unit
Information Management Branch

Tel: 0161 856 2668
Fax: 0161 856 2535
Email: [email address]

John Anderson To FOI requests at Greater Manchester
<[FOI #7443 email]> Police
<[Greater Manchester Police request email]>
21/09/2009 23:04 cc
Subject Internal review of Freedom of
Information request - unlawful
retention of innocent peoples DNA
and fingerprints

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am requesting an internal review as the response is well overdue

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Greater Manchester
Police's handling of my FOI request 'unlawful retention of innocent
peoples DNA and fingerprints'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/un...

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

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Dear Mr Anderson,

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by Greater Manchester Police on 31st January 2009. Your request will now
be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the
Act). You will receive a response as soon as possible (no later that 20
working days), subject to the information not being exempt or containing a
reference to a third party.

In some circumstances Greater Manchester Police may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

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another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.
Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write
or contact The Information Access Team, on any of the following telephone
numbers 0161 856 2529.

Kind regards

Caroline Barker
Information Access Officer
Information Governance Unit
Information Management Branch

John Anderson To FOI requests at Greater Manchester
<[FOI #7443 email]> Police
<[Greater Manchester Police request email]>
31/01/2009 00:31 cc
Subject Freedom of Information request -
unlawful retention of innocent
peoples DNA and fingerprints

Dear Sir or Madam,

On the 4th of December 2008 the European Court of Human Rights has
delivered at a public hearing its Grand Chamber judgement in the
case of S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom (application
nos.30562/04 and 30566/04).

The Court held unanimously that:

* "there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for
private and family life) of the European Convention on Human
Rights;" with regards to the UK goverment holding DNA and
fingerprints on innocent people.

As the UK goverment has lost its case and was found to be
unlawfully holding DNA and fingerprint details of innocent people i
wish to know the following

As of the 4th of December 2008

1: How many DNA and fingerprint samples of innocent people have
deleted ?

2: How many innocent people requested their DNA and fingerprint
samples be deleted?

3: If no DNA and fingerprint samples have been deleted i wish to
know the reasons WHY as the UK Goverment have been found to be in
breach of innocent peoples human rights and this would be
considered a crime in itself.

4: As there is no right of appeal from a final decision made by the
Grand Chamber when will your police force be routinely be deleting
records of innocent people ?

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

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Dear Mr Anderson

Please find attached the response to your recent request made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Many thanks

Amanda Ratcliffe
Information Access Officer
Information Governance Unit
Greater Manchester Police
Internal - 62531
External - 0161-856-2531
email - [email address]

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