Dog camera
Introduction
This specific privacy notice has been created to make it easier for you to understand what personal data Kent Police could process about you with Canine Transmission System (CTS) (mounted dog camera) and how and why it could be used.
This privacy notice is a requirement of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
It is subordinate to, and should be read in conjunction with, the police force’s high-level privacy notice.
The high-level privacy notice provides you with complete details of the rights you have relating to the personal data we may hold about you now and any personal data we might collect about you in the future.
If you require this specific privacy notice in Braille or in another language please contact the force’s data protection officer.
Kent Police Dog Section has one Canine Transmission System available to be used for any pre-planned or spontaneous firearms incident whereby firearms support dogs are deployed.
The CTS is a camera which mounts on the back of our firearms support dogs on a harness. The camera links back to a hand-held device carried by the dog handler which allows officers to see what the canine can see in live pictures when performing its role during the incident. The camera will also record this footage for evidential value.
The remainder of this document is formed of two sections – the first provides privacy information for where Kent Police CTS is used for law enforcement purposes, while the second covers their use for any other purposes, known as ‘general purposes’.
Law enforcement processing privacy information
The Controller is:
Chief Constable of Kent Police
Kent Police Headquarters
Sutton Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 9BZ
DPA Section 44(1)(a)
Data Protection Officer
Information Management
Kent Police
Coldharbour
London Road
Aylesford
ME20 7SL
Email: [email protected]
DPA Section 44(1)(b)
Kent Police will collect and process personal data that will consist of video recording and audio recordings at an operational policing scene.
For law enforcement purposes – defined as: the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences, the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security, or common law policing purposes.
More specifically law enforcement purposes include use for:
Operational response
This can include the following:
- recording of footage where a firearms support dog is deployed during an operational policing incident
DPA Section 44(1)(c)
If collected, Kent Police would process your personal data in the following ways:
If a Kent Police dog wearing the Canine Transmission System captures footage of you during an operational policing incident where personal data may be collected, there is a hard drive contained within the unit which stores the raw footage. The raw footage will be transferred to a Kent Police laptop via a dongle/USB solution from the RV handset. If the recorded footage is of evidential value, it will be downloaded to a secure network, saved and retained as evidence for a period of time dictated by the Management of Police Information (MoPI).
You have the following rights under the DPA:
- right of access to your personal data Section 44(1)(d)(i) Section 45
- right of rectification of your personal data Section 44(1)(d)(ii) Section 46
- right of erasure of your personal data or the restriction of its processing Section 44(1)(d)(iii) Section 47
- right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner Section 44(1)(e) Section 51
Full details of those rights and how to exercise them can be found in the Kent Police privacy notice. They can also be obtained from:
Public Disclosure Team
Kent Police
Coldharbour
London Road
Aylesford
ME20 7SL
Email: [email protected]
None identified.
DPA Section 44(2)(d) and Section 44(3)(a)
It may be shared with other law enforcement agencies within the UK and abroad, other competent authorities and Criminal Justice agencies.
DPA Section 44(2)(c)
Who are the Controllers (the persons who determine the purpose and means by which my personal data could be processed) for the Canine Transmission System and what are their contact details?
The Controller is:
Chief Constable of Kent Police
Kent Police Headquarters
Sutton Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 9BZ
DPA Article 13(1)(a) and Article 14(1)(a)
Data Protection Officer
Information Management
Kent Police
Coldharbour
London Road
Aylesford
ME20 7SL
Email: [email protected]
DPA Article 13(1)(b) and Article 14(1)(b)
The Canine Transmission System is not designed to specifically capture personal data, however this may occur during its use. The information/data collected by the Canine Transmission System will be video imagery and audio.
For general purposes including:
- police complaints
- in circumstances of significant public interest
- for training purposes within the Kent Police Dog Section
DPA Article 13(1)(c)
Kent Police’s legal bases for processing the personal data from the Canine Transmission System are for one of the following:
- the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which either chief constable is subject
- the processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person
- the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
DPA Article 13(1)(c) and Article 14(1)(c)
The Canine Transmission System is not designed to specifically capture personal data, however this may occur during its use. No data is obtained from other parties.
DPA Article 14(1)(d)
The personal data could be disclosed to a wide range of bodies, but only where it is lawful and proportionate to do so.
DPA Article 13(1)(e)
No.
DPA Article 13(1)(f) and Article 14(1)(f)
Not applicable.
DPA Article 13(1)(f) and Article 14(1)
Footage recorded on the device will only be retained if it holds evidential value. This will be for a period of time dictated by the Management of Police Information (MoPI). If data is required to be retained for general processing purposes it will be stored in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018, the National Retention Schedule, and in accordance with the forces’ procedure W1012 Records Review, Retention and Disposal and Management of Police Information.
DPA Article 13(2)(a) and Article 14(2)(a)
You have the following rights under the GDPR:
- right to be informed
- right of access
- right of erasure
- right to restriction of processing
- right to data portability
- right to object
- right not to be subject of automated decision-making
Full details of those rights and how to exercise them can be found in the Kent Police privacy notice. They can also be obtained from:
Public Disclosure Team
Kent Police
Coldharbour
London Road
Aylesford
ME20 7SL
Email: [email protected]
DPA Article 13(2)(b) and Article 14(2)(c)
Kent Police does not rely on your consent as a basis to process your personal data.
DPA Article 13(2)(c) and Article 14(2)(d)
You may lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Their contact details are:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk
You may wish to initially raise any concerns with the Kent Police Data Protection Officer.
DPA Article 13(2)(d) and Article 14(2)(e)
Not applicable.
DPA Article 14(2)(f)
No.
DPA Article 13(2)(e)
Data processed by the Canine Transmission System is not used for automated decision-making, or profiling.
DPA Article 13(2)(f) and Article 14(2)(g)