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Should I Accept a Police Caution?
Should I accept a police caution? We are often asked by clients whether they should accept a police caution.Should I...
Police Caution Removal Solicitor
If you have received a police caution, we are experts in police caution removal.Police Caution Removal SolicitorPolice...
The HCPC and Police Cautions
If you have received a police caution, and you are currently regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), or you hope to be, then you will need to consider the HCPC’s rules on the disclosure of criminal records.The HCPC and Police CautionsThe HCPC and...
Deletion of Records from National Police Systems
It is possible to apply for the deletion of your records from National Police Systems, namely the Police National Computer (PNC), the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and also the National Fingerprint Database (IDENT1).Deletion of Records from National Police...
Can you get an overseas conviction deleted from the UK Police National Computer (PNC)?
This article looks at whether it is possible to delete an overseas conviction that has been transferred onto the UK PNC. Can you get an overseas conviction deleted from the UK Police National Computer (PNC)?Can you get an overseas conviction deleted from the UK Police...
Deletion of Absolute & Conditional Discharges
What can you do about an absolute discharge once you receive one, and what are the implications of an absolute discharge and also a conditional discharge? Is it possible to have an absolute or a conditional discharge deleted from the PNC or is it only possible to...
New Disclosure rules for Youth Cautions, Warnings and Reprimands
The government has presented changed to the law so that all youth cautions, warnings and reprimands will become immediately filtered from an enhanced and standard DBS check.Youth Cautions, Warnings and ReprimandsYouth Cautions, Warnings and ReprimandsThe Supreme ruled...
What is the meaning of processing of personal data?
Processing therefore is an extremely broad concept and covers pretty much anything that can be done to personal dataProcessing of personal dataProcessing of personal data Article 4(2) of the GDPR defines data processing as: any operation or set of operations which is...
What is a relevant filing system?
Data protection regulation does not just apply to electronically processes personal data, but is applies in certain circumstances to paper based, manual, filing systems - previously know as "relevant filing systems" under the Data Protection Act 1998.Filing...
What is the GDPR?
You would be forgiven for thinking that data protection regulation only started in 2018 with the introduction of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).Data Protection Law You would be forgiven for thinking that data protection regulation only started in...
What is the difference between Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation?
Data protection regulation does not just apply to electronically processes personal data, but is applies in certain circumstances to paper based, manual, filing systems - previously know as "relevant filing systems" under the Data Protection Act 1998.Anonymisation and...