FOI 10859-25 VivaStreet Data Requests
Request to Northamptonshire Police
Dear Freedom of Information Officer,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information for the time period 1 January 2015 to 4 April 2025:
1) The total number of data requests Northamptonshire Police has made to the website Vivastreet as part of its investigations into potential criminality connected to a prostitution advert on the website.
For your reference, South Wales Police established that they have recorded 28 data requests to Vivastreet in the time period via the following method: "We consulted with our Crime and Criminal justice unit who have provided the following information regarding your request. A search has been conducted on our crime and incident reporting system (NICHE RMS) for all occurrences recorded throughout the specified time period containing one of the following key words, *Vivastreet* and *Viva street*. Additionally relevant operational teams who conduct enquiries in this area were also contacted to retrieve any information they held in relation to this request. All results retrieved were individually interrogated to establish relevance to your request."
Response
We have liaised with digital media investigators to ascertain what the process is for ‘requesting data’ relating to ‘Vivastreet’ to assist in an investigation. They informed us that any request for them to assist in an investigation is requested by way of a task on the occurrence.
NICHE search conducted where ‘Vivastreet’ is mentioned in either the MO free text or in the on the occurrence data. Total Count 4
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when the data is used.
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