Police National Database: Facial Images Debate

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Police National Database: Facial Images

Viscount Waverley Excerpts
Thursday 2nd March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Viscount Waverley Portrait Viscount Waverley (CB)
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Can the Minister say whether, beyond the UK data protection and legislative issues, the Americans, through their Patriot Act, have any form of access to the police national database?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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Generally, the presumption is that anyone concerned with crime, and fighting crime, will have access to the PND. As to which countries will have that access, clearly there are international arrangements for the sharing of data, and I am sure that that includes America.