Data Protection complaints
Dear Avon and Somerset Constabulary,
Please disclose;
a) The number of data protection complaints from members of the public against you since 01.01.2012 on a per year basis.
b) Of those complaints in a), the number that concerned policing and criminal records.
Yours faithfully,
Warren Peace
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Corporate Communications Department
Force Headquarters, PO Box 37, Valley Road,
Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8QJ
Email [email address]
Mr Warren Peace Our Reference 717/18
[FOI #487380 email] Date 25 June 2018
Dear Mr Peace
I write in connection with your request for information dated 25^th May
2018 under the Freedom of Information Act.
Specifically you asked:
Please disclose;
a) The number of data protection complaints from members of the public
against you since 01.01.2012 on a per year basis.
b) Of those complaints in a), the number that concerned policing and
criminal records.
Our response:
a) Please see the table below for the number of complaints from members
of the public to our Professional Standards Department regarding
complaints relating to data protection. The figures provided relate to all
police employees.
b) The information is not categorised as ‘criminal records’ and
‘non-criminal records’, therefore the breakdown you have requested is not
specifically recorded.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Year |Complaints relating to data protection |
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/12 - 31/12/12 | 44|
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/13 – 31/12/13 | 45|
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/14 – 31/12/14 | 44|
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/15 – 31/12/15 | 43|
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/16 – 31/12/16 | 54|
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/17 – 31/12/17 | 58|
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|1/1/18 to date | 28|
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Hill
Deputy Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Communications Department
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