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<p>Victims and witnesses should only be asked to provide personal information in pursuit
of a reasonable line of enquiry within the context of the individual case, never as
a matter of course.</p><p>The Government is working alongside criminal justice partners
to ensure that this can be done in a way that is proportionate and achieves the delicate
balance of protecting individuals’ right to privacy with the interests of justice.</p><p>Work
undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service and police includes improved training
and the development of a team of specialist and experienced disclosure experts in
every police force. The College of Policing is also developing new guidance on investigative
practice when mobile data extraction is needed, and the Home Office will work with
policing to ensure this will be enabled by appropriate technology and training.</p>
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