According to a computing.co.uk op-ed, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which received Royal Assent on 1 May, has some contentious measures that “demand closer scrutiny.” While the act expands the scope of the Freedom of Information Act and requires authorities to destroy DNA and fingerprint evidence from suspects with no previous convictions after three years, another clause states this data can be “retained for as long as a national security determination made by the responsible chief officer of police has effect in relation to it." Parliament’s Human Rights Joint Committee reviewed the act and recommended that without “further justification or additional safeguards,” these measures be removed.
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