Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

Model Protocol

DEPERSONALISED DATA SECTION

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[This type of data is seen as a good method for exchanging the information required, as long as this can achieve the required objective]

1. We accept that depersonalised data is used in the vast majority of Crime Audit activity, as management teams and consultants do not require personal data. Depersonalised data is excellent for profiling local areas, and in calculating the scale, scope and cost of proposed crime reduction interventions.
   
   

2. We understand that depersonalised data encompasses any information that does not and cannot be used to establish the identity of a living individual, and has had all personal identifiers removed. We note that the Information Commission advises that even a postcode or address can reveal an individual’s identity and can therefore often amount to personal data.
   
   

3. We accept there are no legal restrictions on the exchange within this Protocol of depersonalised data, although a duty of confidence may apply in certain situations, or a copyright, contractual or other legal restriction may prevent the information being disclosed to partners.
   
   

4. We appreciate that if several sets of depersonalised data were merged or compared to each-other, there is a risk that an individual could be identified. We will always hold depersonalised data securely and destroy it securely, when no longer required.
   
   

5. It is good practice where possible to give subjects information about how anonymised data about them may be used (particularly for sample healthcare patients.)

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