Home Office written question – answered at on 13 November 2014.
Diana R. Johnson
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which body set up the National Image Hashing Database; which agency hosts that Database; and who is responsible for meeting its costs.
Mike Penning
The Minister of State, Home Department, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The interim National Hash Set Database was set up by the combined effort of the National Policing Improvement Agency, Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Association of Chief Police Officers Digital Forensics Triage group, and law enforcement agencies including the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. Cheshire Constabulary host and operate the database. It is funded from the National Cyber Security Programme.
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