Europol: An Overwhelming Stream of Big Data

Author(s):
Hoek, D.B.C.; Stigter, J.
Editor(s):
Vermeulen, G.; Bellaert, W.
Published
2022
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

After the Paris terrorist attacks the French authorities provided Europol with 16,7 terrabytes of data. The data included information on persons falling outside of the scope of Europol’s mandate. Notwithstanding, Europol started processing the data in order to identify linkages to persons formerly unrelated to crime. In a 2020 decision, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) admonished Europol for this data processing practice. In response, the European Commission proposed to legitimise Europol’s Big Data processing by amending the Europol Regulation. In the run up to an agreement between the co-legislators on the new Regulation, the EDPS issued a deletion order to Europol for its incompatible data files. This paper analyses the (proposal for the) new 2022 Europol Regulation as regards Big Data processing.

Date issued
2022
Language
English
Publisher
International Review of Penal Law
Is part of
Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal (2022), Vol. 92, no. 2/2021, pt. 92(2), p. 19-44
ISBN source
9789046611340
hdl
1887/3502314
URL
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8760161