Privacy Notice in
relation to COVID-19
This privacy notice is to make it easier to understand and
provide you with more information about how Police Forces may seek to collect
and hold additional information about you in relation to the unprecedented
challenges we are all facing during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
Durham Constabulary Privacy
Notice
This privacy notice explains how
and why Durham Constabulary process your personal data and the steps we take to
keep your information safe. It also describes your rights in regard to your
personal information and how to complain to the Information Commissioner if you
have concerns as to how we have handled your data.
Workforce Privacy Notice
This privacy notice applies to all
Durham Constabulary Personnel, comprising Police Officers, Police Staff, and PCSOs.
It also includes Volunteers (including Special Officers), Agency Employees
(vetted and carrying work on the instruction of Durham Constabulary) and
Contractors (vetted but tasked with specific tasks, for instance Portable
Appliance Testing (PAT) testing).
Sensitive Processing
Pledge
Section 35 of the Data Protection Act states that sensitive
processing for law enforcement purposes is permitted where there is consent of
the data subject or where it is strictly necessary for the law enforcement
purposes and it meets one of the Schedule 8 conditions.
Our Sensitive Processing Pledge details
how we will meet the Principles for Part 3 Processing.
Special Category Processing
Our Safeguard Pledge explains our
policies and procedures in relation to the processing of special categories of
personal data in reliance on specific conditions in Schedule 1 of the DPA. This pledge complements our privacy notice
and workforce privacy notice.
Record of Processing Activities
Durham Constabulary needs to
collect and use information about members of the public and also people with
whom it works in order to operate and carry out its functions. These may
include suspects, offenders, witnesses, information providers, past and
prospective employees, suppliers, and people who use our services. This
Personal Data must be handled and dealt with properly however it is collected,
recorded and used and whether it is on paper, in computer records or recorded
by other means.
In order to ensure we understand
the processing activities in respect of Personal Data within Durham Constabulary,
we have completed the following Record of Processing Activities (RoPA).