Deleted INTERPOL Notices and Commercial Screening Databases

This report examines what happens to commercial screening profiles after an INTERPOL notice has been deleted. It analyses the separate responsibilities of database providers and financial institutions, distinguishing historically accurate information from an outdated representation of a person's current status. The study draws on official INTERPOL materials, European data protection law, relevant judicial decisions, UK regulatory guidance and the published policies of World-Check and WorldCompliance. Particular attention is given to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, notification of recipients and the treatment of criminal offence data. The report considers how an incomplete or misleading profile may continue to affect compliance decisions even where individual statements remain literally accurate. It distinguishes correction of the source profile, updating information held by recipients and reconsideration of a bank's own decision, explaining why a successful correction does not necessarily restore access to financial services.