Content Disclaimer

The UK Missing Persons Unit maintains this site to enhance public access to specific information in order to aid resolution of unidentified cases, as well as providing advice and background information about the Unit. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them as quickly as possible.

However, the Unit accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the material on this site. This material is:

• not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity.
• not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up-to-date.
• sometimes linked to external sites over which the Unit has no control and for which the Unit assumes no responsibility.
• not professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).
  Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that a document available online exactly reproduces an officially adopted text

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Copyright statement for the Missing Persons Unit website.

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Privacy Notice

This page describes the Privacy Policy for the UK Missing Persons Unit website. It does not cover websites we link to which may have their own privacy policies.

Visitors to our website

When someone visits the website we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identity of those visiting our site. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it. Any personal information provided will only be used for the stated purpose.

Any personal information will be retained in a secure environment and access to it will be restricted according to the ‘need to know’ principle.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Please see the table below for a list of the cookies used on our website:

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Provision of information via our website

Any information provided to the Missing Persons Unit by users through use of this site may be disclosed to law enforcement or partner agencies, if considered appropriate and relevant to do so.

When providing information related to cases featured on this site, you will have the option of providing personally identifiable details or to provide the information anonymously. We will not associate any information provided via the site with any personally identifying information from any other source. We will only use the personal information provided to process the details supplied and determine the appropriate course of action, and to check on the level of service we provide.

People who use the Missing Persons Unit services

The Unit offers various services via this website. For example, we allow individuals to register an interest in upcoming events and distribute an electronic newsletter. We have to hold the details of people who have requested the service in order to provide it. However, we only use these details to provide the service the person has requested and for other closely related purposes. For example, we might use information about people who have registered an interest in a conference to carry out a survey to find out if they are happy with the level of service they received. When people do subscribe to our services, they can cancel their subscription at any time and are given an easy way of doing this.

This privacy notice was drafted with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of ICO’s collection and use of personal information. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent to the Unit.

Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page. Regardless of later updates, we will never use the information you submit in a new way without first providing you with an opportunity to prevent that use.

Terms and Conditions

Linking to this site

The Unit is happy to encourage hypertext links to our website, provided they are not intended to be used in a misleading context or could suggest an affiliation with the NCA/UKMPU which will mislead the public.  UKMPU reserves the absolute right to require that links be removed where it judges that this could be the case.

UK Missing Persons Unit logo

The unauthorised use of the Unit logo, or any third party logos accessed via this website, is not permitted.

Linked sites

Links on the Unit website are intended to take you to other websites. We have no responsibility for the content of these linked websites and do not guarantee the links will work.

No endorsement or approval of any third parties or their advice, opinion, information, products or services is expressed or implied by any information on this site or by any hyperlinks to or from any third party websites or pages.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check material published on this website. We recommend you run an anti-virus programme on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Data protection information

We at the Missing Persons Unit will process the data from your specific feedback and comments. We may disclose this data to any person or organisation for the purposes for which it was collected or where the Data Protection Act 2018 allows it. You can read the National Crime Agency Privacy Note in full here. We will not forward information relating to you, as a data subject, to any unrelated third party.

Privacy Policy

The Unit reserves the right to gather information relating to site usage. Any information gathered is primarily for internal use to allow us to refine and improve this website.