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Everyone in the police service must maintain high ethical and professional standards and act with the utmost integrity. Where it is identified that individuals are behaving unprofessionally, unethically, or criminally, Kent Police has a duty to conduct internal investigations through the Professional Standards Department (PSD) and Counter Corruption activity. This will ensure that corruption, inappropriate and unethical behaviour and action will be addressed or rooted out. and public trust is maintained.
This specific privacy notice has been created to make it easier for you to understand what personal data Kent Police processes about you, how and why it will be used in connection with any internal investigation or Counter Corruption activity. It is a requirement of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA '18).
It is subordinate to, and should be read in conjunction with, the 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 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 [email protected].
The Controller is:
Chief Constable of Kent Police
Kent Police Headquarters
Sutton Road
Maidstone
Kent ME15 9BZ
Data Protection Officer
Information Management
Kent Police
Coldharbour
London Road
Aylesford
ME20 7SL
Email: [email protected]
To enable any necessary internal investigations and Counter Corruption activity to identify wrongdoing, inappropriate or unethical behaviour, or criminality.
DPA Article 13(1)(c)
Kent Police will collect and process the following personal data:
Special category data:
The lawful basis for processing personal data is that it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation (Article 6(c) UK GDPR) and 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 (Article 6(e) UK GDPR).
The lawful basis for processing special category personal data is for the purpose of exercising a function conferred by an enactment and is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest (Article 9(2)(g) UK GDPR) (DPA 2018, Sch.1, Part 2, S.6, S.10, and S.11).
The statutory basis for this is the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 and The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020 (issued February 2020).
DPA Article 13(1)(c) and Article 14(1)(c)
The information provided will be used in respect of internal investigations and Counter Corruption activity. This will enable personal data such as contact details to be checked against information available to Kent Police through its vetting and law enforcement activities.
The personal data collected will continue to be held within the records created for that purpose.
Refer to our overarching privacy notice – What types of personal data do we process.
DPA Article 14(1)(d)
The information may be shared with other police forces / agencies in the United Kingdom in respect of any internal investigation or Counter corruption activity. Within the force the information provided will not be shared with anyone outside the Professional Standards and HR departments, unless for a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
DPA Article 13(1)(e)
No, all personal data remains within the UK.
DPA Article 13(1)(f) and Article 14(1)(f)
Not applicable.
DPA Article 13(1)(f) and Article 14(1)(f)
We will only keep your information for as long as it is required to be retained. Information provided will be retained for the duration of the application or subsequent employment and beyond in accordance with the force retention schedule, after which it will be securely destroyed.
DPA Article 13(2)(a) and Article 14(2)(a)
You have the following rights under the UK GDPR:
Full details of those rights and how to exercise them can be found in Kent Police high-level privacy notice. It 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)
The lawful basis for the processing of personal data in this instance is based on ‘legal obligation’ and ‘public task’ not ‘consent’.
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 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)(f) and Article 14(2)(g)
Not applicable.
DPA Article 13(2)(f) and Article 14(2)(g)