PUBLICATION: Analysis

Personal data protection by EU law enforcement authorities

What rights do you have if the courts, police, prosecutors or prisons process your personal data in connection with a crime or other threat to public security?

You can find out the answer to this question in the latest analysis of BCSP Researcher Jelena Pejic.

The EU Police Directive (LED Law Enforcement Directive – LED) was adopted in the spring 2016, and will be applied from 25 May 2018, as well as the EU General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR. The Police Directive is specific in the circumstances in which it is applied and in the solutions it contains.

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DATE: 01.11.2019

TOPICS: EU

TYPE: Analysis

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