To the Data Protection Officer, Cleveland Police, I write to you regarding the retention and processing of my personal data by Cleveland Police. I remind you of the established legal position concerning police retention of biometric and personal data, including but not limited to: * **S and Marper v United Kingdom (ECHR, 2008)** – unlawful blanket and indefinite retention of biometric data of unconvicted persons; * **R (GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2011] UKSC 21** – police retention policies found incompatible with Article 8 ECHR; * **Gaughran v United Kingdom (ECHR, 2020)** – unlawful indiscriminate and non-reviewable retention of biometric data. In light of the above authorities, and pursuant to **UK GDPR Articles 5, 6, 17, and 21**, and the **Data Protection Act 2018**, I formally request: 1. Confirmation of all personal and biometric data held about me; 2. **Deletion (erasure)** of all such data where there is no current, lawful, necessary, and proportionate basis for continued retention; 3. Written confirmation once erasure has been completed, or a clear explanation of the specific statutory basis relied upon for any continued retention. This request is made as a data subject exercising my lawful rights. Please treat this letter as a formal notice and request. I expect a response within the statutory timeframe. Failure to comply may result in escalation to the **Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)**. Yours faithfully, [Your Full Name] [Your Address] [Your Date of Birth – optional, only if you wish to assist identification] [Your Email Address] [Date] I sent this to my local police im currently a awaiting response, I'm sure you could use some of them cases and send notice to passport place or wherever. I'm looking into doing that next but maybe someone has already tired & may be able to tell you more.

@Ali Bee Yeah I'll run it through and send it to both, cheers for the advice and I hope all goes well for you & your dad 🙏

@Graham Hughes Excellent breakdown, thankyou 👍

@Dave DimeBar cheers Dave, massive help I'll be sure to put this to good use 👍

@Checkmate Attendee thank you I'll make a note of that. the 13 yo girl has SENCO involved and has a tendency to self-harm. the 5 yo boy is on the pathway for autism & adhd also has SENCO involved. the 17 yo turns 18 on 24th aswell so i don't know if she then has to have her own room. i've got lots to go at the council with now though and should have her some help soon

@Peter Wilson I thought they couldn't touch your car if it's in a trust? And since we have the right to free travel I don't understand how they could enforce it once we established we are not our "strawman'" and sent them a notice. I've still got it taxed & insurance ATM but I've transferred ownership to TRUSTEE and got logbook back in the name TRUSTEE, not mine. I've written to DVLA asking them to provide any evidence any of their legislation applys to me a private man not using my car for business, I'm awaiting a reply from them. When they write back my plan was if it's possible to put DVLA as the trustee and I would be beneficiary, they would be responsible for my tax and insurance if they say I have to have it. (New to this so please advise me if I'm way off)