GoodSAM Rapid Video Response
27 March 2023 version 1.0
Specific Privacy Notice
GoodSAM Rapid Video Response (RVR) is an immediate and optional video frontline response service.
Introduction
This Specific Privacy Notice has been created to make it easier for you to understand what personal data Essex Police processes about you, how and why it will be used in connection with Rapid Video Response (RVR), which is an immediate and optional video frontline response service provided by the Force Control Room. This Privacy Notice is a requirement of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).
It is subordinate to, and should be read in conjunction with, the appropriate high-level Privacy Notice for Essex Police.
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 have no access to the internet and require access to the high-level Privacy Notice, please contact the Essex Police’s Data Protection Officer (contact details below) and they will provide a copy to you. The team will also facilitate the provision of the Privacy Notice in large font, or Braille, or published in other languages.
Privacy Information
1. Who is the Controller (the person who determines the purpose and means by which your personal data is processed) and what are their contact details?
The Controller is:
Chief Constable of Essex Police
Essex Police HQ
PO Box 2
Chelmsford
CM2 6DA
Section 44(1)(a)
2. What are the contact details of Essex Police’s Data Protection Officer?
Data Protection Officer
Essex Police HQ,
PO Box 2
Chelmsford
CM2 6DA
Email: [email protected]
Section 44(1)(b)
3. For what purpose(s) is my personal data intended to be processed by Essex Police?
For Law Enforcement Purposes – defined as the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences, the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security, or the policing purpose.
More specifically, the purpose is to enable Essex Police:
- To invite members of the public to connect to a live video communication (audio and visual) from their electronic device (smartphone, tablet, laptop etc.) in order to have a face-to-face appointment with a Police Officer,
- To invite members of the public to share only their live location from their electronic device (smartphone, tablet, laptop etc.),
- To invite members of the public to upload images or videos that are held on their electronic device (smartphone, tablet, laptop etc.),
- To ingest, share and manage live video streams from third-party devices (e.g., Police issued mobile phones, Drones).
- To facilitate multi-participant video consultations.
Section 44(1)(c)
4. What are my rights under the DPA?
You have the following rights under the DPA:
- Right of access to your personal data
- Right of rectification of your personal data
- Right of erasure of your personal data or the restriction of its processing
- Right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner
Section 44(1)(d)(i)
Section 45
Section 44(1)(d)(ii)
Section 46
Section 44(1)(d)(iii)
Section 47
Section 44(1)(e)
Section 51
Full details of those rights and how to exercise them can be found in Essex Police’s high-level Privacy Notice on the Essex Police website.
Data Protection Officer
Essex Police HQ
PO Box 2
Chelmsford
CM2 6DA
Email: [email protected]
5. Is there any other information that is necessary to enable me to exercise any of rights listed at 4 above?
None identified.
Section 44(2)(d)
Section 44(3)(a)
6. What is Essex Police’s legal basis for processing my personal data?
Essex Police’s legal basis for processing your personal data is based on its Common Law Policing Purpose of protecting life and property, preserving order, preventing the commission of offences, bringing offenders to justice, and any duty or responsibility of the police arising from common or statute law.
In terms of Section 35(2) of the DPA the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for a Law Enforcement purpose by Essex Police or another competent authority.
Section 44(2)(a)
Section 35(2)
7. How long will my personal data be retained by Essex Police?
In line with Essex Police Force Retention Schedule.
Section 44(2)(b)
8. Who could Essex Police disclose my personal data to?
Any disclosure/sharing of video footage (data) collected as part of the Rapid Video Response initiative will be done do in accordance with data protection legislation.
Where this data is required for criminal proceedings, it is likely to be shared with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and where appropriate, with legal representatives. Should this information be required for civil litigation purposes, the data will only be provided upon receipt of a court order.
Section 44(2)(c)