Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you already have a statutory right to have access to personal data we hold about you on computer or in a structured manual file (i.e. on paper).
You also have the right to expect us, as the Data Controller, to ensure that data is:
- processed fairly and lawfully
- obtained for specific and lawful purposes
- adequate, relevant and not excessive
- accurate and where necessary kept up to date
- not kept for longer than is necessary
- processed in accordance with the rights of the data subject
- kept secure
- not transferred abroad unless to countries with adequate date protections laws.
For the purposes of the 1998 Act, “personal data” is information that relates to a living identifiable person. The person or organisation who controls the purpose and manner in which data is processed is the “Data Controller”. More information on the Data Protection Act can be found on the website of the Information Commissioner www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk or by contacting:
Compliance Manager
Northern Ireland Policing Board
Compliance Branch
Waterside Tower
31 Clarendon Road
Clarendon Road
BELFAST
BT1 3BG
Telephone: 028 9040 8628
Fax: 028 9040 8585
E-mail: foi@nipolicingboard.org.uk
