The Metropolitan police has an online form for data protection requests.
Here, Google also explains that the Article 29 Working Party, an umbrella body that comprises representatives of all EU data protection authorities, requested that changes were made to how site publishers request consent from end users.
The couple are thought to be planning to use data protection legislation to request copies of all information held on them by Labour, Unite and the company Ineos, where leading union activist Stevie Deans worked until recently.
Germany's data protection authority (DPA) requested Google audit the WiFi data collected by its Street View cars.
If you do not receive confirmation that the data protection officer has received your request within two weeks, ring the Met on 020 7161 3500 and ask to speak to the data protection unit, or email them – [email protected]
Information about the gathering of personal data came to light following a request by data protection authorities in Hamburg, Germany, for more information about the operation of Google's Street View technology which adds images of locations to maps.
The study was approved by the local ethics committee at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and conducted in compliance with data protection and privacy regulations as requested by the Federal and Berlin Offices for the Protection of Data.
Driver has obtained details of the recent monitoring from the Metropolitan police after submitting a request under the data protection act.
The way is still open, however, for other politicians to lodge a request under the data protection act to find out if the police have been keeping files on them.
Johannes Caspar, the Hamburg data protection supervisor who made the original request to Google to inspect one of the hard drives, said he met Wednesday with Google executives to discuss Street View and the improperly obtained data.
