How can a pubwatch circulate photos of people who have received bans without breaching data protection regulations?
As has been mentioned before, some pubwatches offer reductions in the ban if the subject provides a passport size photograph for use by the pubwatch. In cases such as this there is no breach of the regulation as the subject has provided the picture. Many pubwatches have an agreed protocol with the local police service that enables the police to provide photos of banned persons, if they have them, to the watch for use by the members to brief staff on banned people. In such cases the protocol sets out the strict conditions of use which include no public display and controlled use for staff only and the photo must be returned once the ban is finished. Examples of the protocol and other associated paperwork can be found in the appendices of our Good Practice Guide. Each police service that has such a protocol (not all do) tends to have slightly different operating practices and policies. If a watch intends to use photos obtained from their own CCTV or other sources then they must be regist
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