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Data Sharing for Law Enforcement |
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Aim
and Description Aim Description The
fact that LEA access to data in consumer-business relations is gaining ground
leads to the potential erosion of the legal protection of citizens. In the
European Union, the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
is setting high standards and strict obligations for legitimate data
processing, it leaves data processing by LEAs out of its scope. Such processing
is regulated in the Police and Criminal Justice Authorities Directive (Police
Directive). The recent data protection reform, which resulted in new legal
instruments on the protection of personal data in the private and public domain
is an unprecedented step in data protection. We witness a similar development
in cooperations between the police and the judicial
branch. However, the exchange of personal data between private parties and the
LEAs for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution
of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties is surrounded by
legal uncertainty. In short, these PPPs fall between the scopes of the two
European data protection instruments, which makes it imperative to clarify the
applicable legal framework as well as to identify legally, technically and
societally acceptable solutions for all actors involved. Given
the aforementioned challenges of the European legal framework and the need to
devise a holistic solution that is workable and takes into account the
particularities of the European status quo, this workshop will focus on the EU.
This highly important and under-researched problem shall be tackled with an
efficient multi-disciplinary approach (i.e. law, political science, sociology,
philosophy, media studies and engineering/computer science), as
mono-disciplinary solutions will examine only some aspects of the issue. This
workshop aims to identify the limitations presented by the EU data protection
framework in establishing PPPs in the law enforcement area and present workable
technical and societal suggestions in the form of a white paper with best practices and recommendations, which can be
implemented in the short to medium term. The concepts of privacy and data
protection by design will be assessed in the context of PPPs’ information
exchange, together with appropriate data security measures. The outcome of the
workshop that focuses on the EU can serve as the starting point for similar
debates at international level, addressing similar issues in other
jurisdictions. The workshop has been welcomed by highly renowned experts, based
in Europe, that have already committed to participating in order to discuss in
a truly multidisciplinary way in the workshop and contribute to the preparation
of a white paper. The invited European
experts are aware of the legal, policy and technical issues that interplay in
the specific issue that is dealt with during the workshop and can immediate
delve into in depth discussions on the topic. Therefore the workshop
will be designed in such a way that will offer not only expert lectures from
key players in the field, but also groupwork that will bring together experts
with legal, technical and sociological backgrounds; this ensures that the
output is a balanced framework which fits the needs of all stakeholders. [Back] |
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