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Run by the charity Unlock, this site is the UK's most comprehensive source of online self-help information on a wide range of issues that criminal convictions can affect, including disclosing to employers, criminal record checks, buying insurance, housing and travel abroad.
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Judgment from the European Court of Human Rights regarding a woman who has her Police National Computer (PNC) records retained indefinitely following a caution. The Court rules that this is a breach of her right to privacy because there are no detailed rules regarding when records can be retained or should be removed.
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Government minister Lord Henley cites an Association of Chief Police Officers' (ACPO) letter which states: "if the biometric data [DNA and fingerprints] is to be deleted or destroyed, then so must be the arrest record on the PNC".
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The PND (launched in 2011) allows police to share information stored on the PNC and other police databases. From this page on the NPIA website you can find find further information, including a leaflet and guide.
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Exceptional Case Requests - Consideration for the Removal of DNA, Fingerprints and PNC Records (8th June 2011)
Police guidelines issued in response to the Supreme Court confirm that the police will continue operating its existing (unlawful) 'exceptional cases' procedure for the removal of records on the Police National Computer (PNC), DNA database and fingerprint databases until parliament has finished consideration of the Protection of Freedoms Bill.
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A review of the use of criminal record checks by employers.
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Replaces the 2006 Management of Police Information (MoPI) Guidance
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The Retention Guidelines replaced the 'ACPO General Rules for Criminal Record Weeding on Police Systems'. They were published on the 31 March 2006, and formed part of the guidance issued under the Code for Management of Police Information (MoPI).
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22nd February 2001Weeding rules for the Police National Computer (PNC) adopted by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in 2000. Weeding rules were subsequently abandoned in favour of keeping all records to age 100.