We publish a list of responses we have supplied to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in Disclosure Logs. The information in the logs may be of interest to you or already provide information you would like to request. Read our disclosure log criteria to find out how we decide whether a response to a request should be included in this list.
March 2023
The March disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- IOPC Contact Centre and use of AI
- IOPC telephony and cloud storage
- complaints about Safer Schools Police Officers
- Senior Project Managers
- pursuit related deaths data
- Staffordshire Police referrals
February 2023
The February disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- IOPC powers to bring disciplinary cases to an independent panel
- career background of senior IOPC staff
- referrals re sexual misconduct perpetrated by police officers against other officers
- IOPC correspondence with the BBC regarding Newsnight programme
- investigation report following the death in custody of Andre Moura
- complaints about MPS regarding strip searches of under 17s
- complaints regarding stalking and harassment
- complaints regarding sexual misconduct
- matters relating to David Carrick
- investigation report regarding MPS contact with Valerie Forde prior to her murder.
- IOPC Autism awareness training
January 2023
The January disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- stalking and harassment referrals
- IOPC salary grades
- career background of senior IOPC staff
- Cheshire police officers disciplined in 2007
- complaints about Metropolitan Police Officers
- referrals relating to abuse of power for a sexual purpose from 2017
- referrals relating to abuse of position for a sexual purpose Jan 2019 to Dec 2022
December 2022
The December disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- operation Hotton report
- investigation report relating to the murder of Bijan Ebrahimi
- police complaints and referrals
- data Sharing Agreements with police forces
- quashing of conviction of Gareth Head
- Gareth Head conviction quashed – IOPC staff giving evidence
- IOPC staff giving evidence at Gareth Head trial
- complaint and outcome statistics
November 2022
The November disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- investigation report following death of Andre Moura
- complaints relating to Operation Fresco, Venetic and Encrochat
- physical off site storage
October 2022
The October disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- referrals and disciplinary action
- referrals and directed or managed investigations 2020/21
- IOPC investigators involved in fatal taser investigations
- investigation following child injury during vehicle pursuit
- equality diversity and inclusivity in the IOPC
- CPS referrals of police officers
- statistics regarding allegations subject to special requirements
- investigation report relating to murders committed by John Lowe in February 2014
- whistleblowers and protected disclosures
- referrals relating to Mark Rowley
September 2022
The September disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- investigation following Bolton Anti Fascism public protest in March 2010
- complaint reports related to Operation Linden
- subjects access requests relating to reviews and appeals
- Hampshire Constabulary investigation report
- call-off contracts awarded by the IOPC
- Bijan Ebrahimi investigation report
- referrals by HMRC relating to suicide
- FOI Internal Reviews
August 2022
The August disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- complaints relating to Live Facial Recognition
- investigation report relating to fatal Norfolk RTI
July 2022
The July disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- cases involving strip searches of black children
- Autism and mental health awareness within IOPC Casework
- IOPC workforce who are former police
- statistics on upheld reviews
June 2022
The June disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- ICT Hardware and software
- referrals relating to murder suicides
- complaint relating to Edric Kennedy-McFoy
- external Reference Group and Network of Advocates
- scoping exercise in respect of Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report
- IOPC staff accused of sexual misconduct
- conflicts of interest in misconduct investigations
May 2022
The May disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- whistleblower protected disclosures
- investigations involving TASER use
- allegations of sexual misconduct
- training in autism and other learning difficulties
- recommendations made to MPS
- costs incurred by Operation Amherst
- complaints involving racial discrimination
April 2022
The April disclosure log includes the following responses to requests:
- data regarding the qualifying disclosures as a Prescribed Person under the Employment Rights Act 1996.
- intelligence discovered during an IOPC investigation
- referrals relating to murder or suicide following stalking
- complaints regarding Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM)
- investigations about Greater Manchester Police
- insurance arrangements of the IOPC
- financial payout to MPS officers
- definition of serious corruption
Your personal data and the IOPC
Personal data is information relating to an identifiable living individual. Whenever personal data is processed, collected, recorded, stored or disposed of it must be done within the terms of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act (DPA).
The laws set out your rights regarding your personal information, how organisations should carry out direct marketing and how you can access information from public authorities. Any personal data we do hold, we store and process in line with our Retention and Disposal Schedule (also available in Welsh).
The IOPC came under the Public Records Act (PRA 1958) in January 2018. Should you wish to know more, please see the Appraisal Policy (also available in Welsh).
The right to be informed
This is your right to be informed if the IOPC has collected and is holding any of your personal data and how we will use it. For further information you can read our Privacy Notices and related policies and Information Commissioner's Office's guidance
The right of access
Also known as a Subject Access Request. This is your right of access to the personal data the IOPC is collecting, holding and processing about you. This allows you to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of our processing.
The right to rectification
This right enables you to have your personal data rectified if it is inaccurate and/or incomplete. Please note the right to rectification does not apply to information that is deemed to be factually true at the time of taking
The right to erasure
Also known as the 'right to be forgotten' this allows you to request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances prescribed by the law.
The right to restrict processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your data. However this will only apply in specific circumstances prescribed by the law.
The right to data portability
This refers to your right to receive personal data you have provided to us, in a commonly used or specified format and to request we transmit that data to you or another body/data controller
The right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances prescribed by the law.
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling
This is your right not to be subjected to decisions that were made by wholly automated means. This is not a practice currently used by the IOPC for decision making or profiling.
Should you wish to know if any of these rights apply to your data please contact our data protection team.
When applying to exercise your access to information rights, please provide the following information:
- What information you require.
- Details of cases/complaints/appeals reference numbers.
- Your full name and address, including any other names which you may have been known by (this will help us identify all your personal information held).
- Identification & proof of address. Details of suitable identification can be found further down the page.
- How you would like to receive the information – email, post etc.
Please note that your right of access entitles you to receive your own personal data only, subject to certain exemptions. The Data Protection Act does not provide a right of access to the personal information of other persons and nor is it designed to facilitate access to information about investigations or complaints.
Therefore, it does not provide a right of access to documents, only to any such information as may be contained in a document that constitutes the personal data of the applicant.
While we will uphold your information access rights as the law sets out, we consider it good customer service to highlight the limitations of asking for information in this way.
When applying to exercise your right to rectification rights, please provide the following information:
- Details of cases/complaints/appeals reference numbers.
- Your full name and address, including any other names which you may have been known by (this will help us identify all your personal information held).
- Identification & proof of address. Details of suitable identification can be found further down the page.
- Details of the information you believe to be incorrect/incomplete and why you believe it to be so.
- The correct/complete information.
Please note the right to rectification does not apply to information that is deemed to be factually true at the time of taking.
When applying to exercise your right to erasure, please provide the following information:
- Details of cases/complaints/appeals reference numbers
- Your full name and address, including any other names which you may have been known by (this will help us identify all your personal information held)
- Identification & proof of address. Details of suitable identification can be found further down the page.
- What information you wish to be erased and why.
When applying to exercise your right to restrict processing, please provide the following information:
- Details of cases/complaints/appeals reference numbers.
- Your full name and address, including any other names which you may have been known by (this will help us identify all your personal information held).
- Identification & proof of address. Details of suitable identification can be found further down the page.
- Why you want to restrict the processing of your data.
When applying to exercise your right to data portability, please provide the following information:
- Details of cases/complaints/appeals reference numbers.
- Your full name and address, including any other names which you may have been known by (this will help us identify all your personal information held).
- Identification & proof of address. Details of suitable identification can be found further down the page.
- The format you would like us to send your data to you
Please note that the right of data portability applies only to data that you have supplied to us.
When applying to exercise your right to object to us processing your data, please provide the following information:
- Details of cases/complaints/appeals reference numbers.
- Your full name and address, including any other names which you may have been known by (this will help us identify all your personal information held).
- Identification & proof of address. Details of suitable identification can be found further down the page.
- The reason you object to the processing of your data.
Please note your right in relation to automated decision making and profiling is not a practice currently used by the IOPC for decision making or profiling and therefore not applicable.
Please choose one form of identity from each of the lists below.
Proof of identity:
- Passport (the pages with photograph and personal details)
- Driving licence
- Birth certificate
- Adoption certificate
Proof of address
These documents must have your name and address on it and be dated within the last three months. This address will be used to post your information to you.
- Utility bill (not including mobile phone bill)
- Bank statement
- Credit card statement
- Landline phone bill
- Council tax bill
- Letter from a job centre of Department of Work and Pensions
- Letter from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
- Letter from the Ministry of Justice
- Letter from the Home Office
- Letter from the UK Border Agency
- Letter from the Probation Trust
- Letter from a Police Force
Copies of the above documents should be scanned in colour (black and white will not be accepted) and emailed to [email protected]. Colour photocopies can be sent to us by post at the address at the top of this letter.
If you have any problems with providing colour scans of documents or colour photocopies, your local library may be able to help you to use its computers or photocopiers. To find out where your local library is, you can contact your local council.
Information we hold about you
You the right to find out what information we hold about you (and only you), which gives you the opportunity to correct any inaccurate information.
Freedom of Information Act
This Act gives you the right to access recorded information we hold. It is often used to ask questions about how the organisation works – for example, how many investigators work for us or how much we spend on travel. It also allows people to request copies of IOPC reports (where these are not about you). Before submitting a request it may be worth reviewing our disclosure logs in the section below, which contain responses we have previously supplied following requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Find out how to request recorded information about the IOPC.
Environmental information
Under the Environmental Information Regulations, you can ask for information about the effect we have on the environment. For example, how much we recycle and how many cars we use.
Find out how to request environmental information about the IOPC.
You can make personal data, Freedom of Information or environmental information requests by emailing [email protected]
For general inquiries please email: [email protected]
For further information:
The Information Commissioner
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Email: casework@ico.gsi.gov.uk
Switchboard: 0303 123 1113
Fax: 01625 524 510
https://ico.org.uk/
The Information Commissioner oversees enforcement of the Data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations. The website provides assistance to the public on how to exercise their rights under these Acts and has guidance for public authorities on implementing the legislation.