Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 03/04/2015

Subject: According to decision the retention of personal data of the claimant (a British national of 91 years old) in police records, which collect information on citizens involved in extremist political activities, is a legitimate and proportioned interference with private and family life (pursuant to article 8 of the ECHR)

Parties: R (on the application of Catt) (AP) (Respondent) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another (Appellants) R (on the application of T) (AP) (Respondent) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Appellant)

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Personal data: consent - Personal data: access - Personal data: rectification - Personal data: independent authority

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