Data collected about victims of serious crime [pdf, 548 KB]
...the phone, or by providing the data in PDF reports. Manual data transfer increases the risk of errors in the receiving agency’s database as it has to be manually entered and human error can occur. There are also potential risks associated with emailing sensitive data between government agencies, such as the email being sent in error to the wrong person or agency. There are no electronic interfaces between government agencies’ databases which allow for the automatic, accurate and p...