Biometric data retention: review report

A report by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner of a review of the retention of biometric data provided for under sections 18 to 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.


Annex E

Acronyms used in this report

CHS Criminal History System

COPFS Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DPA Data Protection Act 2018

E&W England and Wales

ECtHR European Court of Human Rights

ECHR European Convention on Human Rights

ETIAG Emerging Technologies Independent Advisory Group

EU European Union

FINDS Forensic Information Database Service

FPN Fixed Penalty Notice

GDPR General Data Protection Regulation

IAG Independent Advisory Group

ICO Information Commissioner's Office

IPCO Investigatory Powers Commissioner

IDENT 1 Automated Fingerprint System UK

KC King's Counsel

LQDN La Quadrature du Net

NDNAD National DNA Database

PIRC Police Investigation and Review Commissioner

PS Police Scotland

PRUM II Framework for exchange of information

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SBC Scottish Biometrics Commissioner

SPA Scottish Police Authority

SG Scottish Government

TFTS Twenty Forty / Thirty Seventy

UNCRC United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

UK United Kingdom

Contact

Email: louise.robertson@gov.scot

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