1. Since 1 January 2018, on how many occasions has your council obtained the ‘communications data’ (e.g. Call Data Records, or CDRs) of individuals from mobile telecoms providers, either directly or indirectly through another agency (e.g. Met Police, Home Office, etc.)? Please break this down into:
a) number of separate occasions these were requested.
8
b) number of individual phone numbers for which CDRs were requested.
11
c) the legal basis for the requests (please specify the number of requests per legal basis. For example, ‘total requests: 3, Investigatory Powers Act – 2, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 — 1’).
Total Requests 8.
1 x Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
7 x Investigatory Powers Act 2016
d) the particular legislation used e.g. PACE, RIPA, IP Act (number of instances as a percentage of the total).
1 Application made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2016 – 12.5% of applications
7 Applications made under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016- 87.5 % of applications
e) what percentage of requests for that data that were rejected, and the reasons for the rejection.
0
2. Since 1 January 2018, has your council purchased or otherwise received (including free of charge) any anonymised mobile phone communications data sets (otherwise known as anonymised CDRs), be they of individuals or aggregate data.
No
a) If yes, please state on how many occasions and when.
N/A
b) From which telecoms providers the communications data originated.
N/A
c) If purchased via a third-party, please specify which company.
N/A
d) The intended use of that data.
N/A
e) The total amount spent, if anything.
N/A
f) If not purchased but nonetheless shared, please state the name of the body that provided the data.
N/A