Event

Data Protection and the Law Enforcement Directive

Application challenges

Objective

This seminar will analyse the practical issues faced by police and criminal justice authorities in protecting individuals’ personal data when it is being processed under the terms of the EU Law Enforcement Directive. It will also look at how they can improve cooperation in the fight against terrorism and cross-border crime in the EU through the exchange of information required for investigations.

It will highlight some of the challenges that practitioners face in relation to the Directive’s correct use as well as different interpretations of particular provisions in some Member States.

Key topics

• Correct processing and categorisation of personal data and time limits for the erasing of such data
• Security measures for the processing of personal data
• Issues faced with subjective/objective exemptions
• How to deal with data subject requests
• Adequacy decisions