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<p>The redesign of data protection in the police and judicial area is intended to create uniformity at the European level for the citizens of EU Member States. This scientific article analyses the subject of data protection in law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The focus is primarily on the existing provisions and the latest developments of the EU with regard to Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA. The international level with regard to data protection in the police and judicial area and possible changes due to the developments in data protection under European law are also examined in more detail.</p>
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The redesign of data protection in the police and judicial area is intended to create uniformity at the European level for the citizens of EU Member States. This scientific article analyses the subject of data protection in law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The focus is primarily on the existing provisions and the latest developments of the EU with regard to Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA. The international level with regard to data protection in the police and judicial area and possible changes due to the developments in data protection under European law are also examined in more detail.

Data Protection in Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The redesign of data protection in the police and judicial area is intended to create uniformity at the European level for the citizens of EU Member States....

Data Protection in Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Published Online: Nov 15, 2021

Page range: 148 - 166

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0019

Keywords
criminal matters, data protection, police and judicial cooperation

© 2021 Rastislav Funta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Data Protection in Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Published Online: Nov 15, 2021

Page range: 148 - 166

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0019

Keywordscriminal matters, data protection, police and judicial cooperation

© 2021 Rastislav Funta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
criminal matters, data protection, police and judicial cooperation