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Islington Community Safety Partnership Information Sharing Agreement

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

In accordance with Article 10 of the GDPR, processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences or related security measures based on Article 6(1) shall be carried out only under the control of official authority or when the processing is authorised by Union or Member State law providing for appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects. Any comprehensive register of criminal convictions shall be kept only under the control of official authority. In this case we are relying on the provisions set out within the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that at least one principal written in Article 6 is met. In the case of the ‘Overnight Incident Bulletin’, in most cases, the processing of data is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person (d) or processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject (c)

The data will be processed on the Metropolitan Police secure network and shared among partners through secure e-mail.

UK Data Protection Act 2018

Law Enforcement Directive - Part 3: The LE provisions in the Bill only apply to competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security (commonly referred to as the Law Enforcement Purposes). The purpose of the Safer Islington Partnership and the Community Safety team is to prevent and support the police in investigating and detecting criminal activity and also prevent threats to public security.

The Children's Act 1989/ The Children's Act 2004

The Act puts responsibility on all organisations working with children to have a duty in helping safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which greatly expanded law enforcement powers for the Police, Local Authority, or other relevant agencies in addressing anti-social behaviour.

The Human Rights Act 1998

Under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, individuals have a right to respect for their private life.

This is not an absolute right and can be overridden if necessary and in accordance with the law.

Interference must be justified and be for a particular purpose.

Justification could be protection of health, prevention of crime, protection of the rights and freedoms of others.

A decision to share information and the reasoning behind it should be recorded.

Other

The sharing and processing is necessary for administering justice, or for exercising statutory or governmental functions.

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Data protection: We will handle your personal information in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and in accordance with the council’s Fair Processing Notice.