The Home Office is establishing a Code of Practice governing police extraction of data from electronic devices, particularly in the context of victim information requests and criminal investigations. This follows powers introduced under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and involves consultation on victim safeguards and police information management protocols.
In response to: Victim information requests: draft code of practice
In response to: Victim information requests: draft code of practice
UIN: HLWS1108 My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls (Jess Phillips) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:For too long police requests for victims’ sensitive records such as m...
All victims need to feel safe in coming forward to the police and be confident in reporting potential criminality. The Government’s alternative proposals do not go far enough to address the concerns of migrant victims and survivors who may be …
Lengthy and inefficient redaction processes and protracted investigations are neither effective nor fair on either victims or suspects. The handling of case files needs to comply with data protection laws. However, ensuring that the requirements are proportionate and that forces …
We recommend the Home Office expedite, with urgency, its work with the Attorney General’s Office and CPS to identify potential solutions to the lengthy and resource- intensive redaction process in case file preparation. This should include piloting a “redaction bubble”, …
We second HMICFRS’ recommendation that the Home Office lead a review of the digital forensics budget and identify where need is greatest. The review should encompass future funding needs at both force level and centrally. It should provide a basis …
The current Home Secretary will subsequently approve a new Code of Practice on Police Information and Records Management to replace the existing Code of Practice on Management of Police Information 2005, and it will soon be laid before Parliament. The …
In response to: Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice
In response to: Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice
In response to: Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice
In response to: Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice
In response to: Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice
We are consulting on a draft code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
UIN: HLWS614 My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before Parliament the statutory Non-Crime Hate …
UIN: HCWS626 My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before Parliament the statutory Non-Crime Hate Incidents Draft Code of Practice on the Recording and Retention of Personal Data, which police officers and staff must have regard to. …
In response to: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: factsheets
UIN: HLWS244 My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 provides a regulatory framework for the use of a number of covert …
We are consulting on a draft code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
We are consulting on a draft code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
UIN: HCWS31 Following?the?successful?passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act,?I am?pleased to announce that today I am launching a public?consultation on?the draft code of practice for the extraction of information from electronic devices. It is vital...
UIN: HLWS32 My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime and Policing (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Following?the?successful?passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act,?I am?pleased to announce that today ...
In response to: Investigatory Powers Act 2016: codes of practice
Public consultation on the draft interception of communications code of practice and the draft equipment interference code of practice.
Public consultation on the draft interception of communications code of practice and the draft equipment interference code of practice.
Public consultation on the draft interception of communications code of practice and the draft equipment interference code of practice.