The Metropolitan Police’s gang-mapping database, known as the Gangs Matrix, has led to “multiple and serious breaches” of data protection laws, according to a report by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Among its flaws, the ICO said, were that “the Gangs Matrix does not clearly distinguish between the approach to victims of gang-related crime and the perpetrators, leading to confusion amongst those using it.” The ICO launched the investigation in October 2017 after human rights group Amnesty International challenged how the database was compiled and how details were shared with other agencies.

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