Re: ANPR FOI
OK it was ACPO Ltd, and they have subsequently changed the name to protect the guilty, but Plod has authoritatively said that under no circumstances whatsoever would they ever release any ANPR data to the data subject, not even if it was necessary in the data subject's defence in court proceedings. You see it would reveal the extent of what the Plod knows about the data subject and that could interfere with their ability to prevent and detect crime.
So piss off crim. Data Protection Act doesn't apply to Plod, and though FOI now does it has so many exceptions you'd be excused for thinking that Plod wanted to be above the law.
Sorry the ANPR announcement was made when they upped the data retention period from 1 year to 2 years and I don't have the reference.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
