"In my personal opinion" : CIFAS and CIFAS members do not bother storing data abroad. They simply ignore Data Subjects requests for CIFAS data. It appears that CIFAS and its members consider themselves excempt from the requirements of the Data Protection Act. No doubt they depend on the aspects fo the DPA that allows excemptions for provision of personal data if criminal acts are involved, and anybody with a CIFAS warning must be a criminal.(posted 6955 days ago)The Information Commissioners Office is useless. They work with CIFAS and the CIFAS members to undermine the interests of Data Subjects.
And, if all else fails, they can always lose, destroy, miss-file, CIFAS data in a non-relevant filing system such a shoe box or a handy skip.