Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of the Cyber Kiosk Update.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 7 December 2022
Date : 07 December 2022
Location : online
Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
A further development to update the Committee on is the introduction of new legislation on 8 November 2022, entitled the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This legislation establishes a framework for the seizure of digital devices and the extraction of data which ensures that where consent is provided to examine a device, the wishes of the owner are taken into consideration.
This legislation also ensures that the rights of children (under 18 years of age) and those unable to provide consent through capacity issues are met. This very much complements Police Scotland’s current governance processes and provides further reassurance that the extraction of private data from devices is in accordance with current legislation.
Police Scotland has worked in collaboration with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscals Service (COPFS) to provide guidance to the public which is available on our website and also to officers and staff through training products available internally on our intranet site.
