Yes, people have a number of rights when it comes to their personal data. These rights will change depending on the reasons the Police Service of Northern Ireland hold the data.
People can ask for the Police Service of Northern Ireland to fix information that is wrong and the Police Service of Northern Ireland will do so.
People can also ask the Police Service of Northern Ireland to delete or stop using their personal data. The Police Service of Northern Ireland will investigate how they use the data and if they are allowed to keep using it in this way, in line with the law, they will keep using it.
People can also ask the Police Service of Northern Ireland not to make decisions about them by only using a computer system and can ask that a human being looks at the information.
Before the Police Service of Northern Ireland can look at someone’s information we need to be sure that the person is who they say they are. Therefore people will be asked for identification. The Police Service of Northern Ireland will try to answer people’s queries within a month; however, it may take longer if there is a lot of information to look through.