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The Europol Regulation and purpose limitation: from the “silo-based approach to… what exactly?
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The Europol Regulation1 entered into force on the 1 May 2017. The instrument has however
received little attention and the content was hardly debated. Yet, it brings forth a major
change in terms of data protection: the principle of purpose limitation is not implemented
anymore through the so-called ‘silo-based approach’. The focus of the Regulation is not on
databases but on data processing operations. This article reviews the impact of this shift, in
particular as purpose limitation is restated as fundamental principle in the field of law enforcement
cooperation, both because of the opacity of the personal data processing operations
and their significant impact on the lives and freedoms of individuals. To that end, it
first describes the context and content of the reform before highlighting the limits of this approach.
It finally formulates some recommendations for the implementation of purpose limitation
in this new context
Tijdschrift: European Data Protection Law Review
ISSN: 2364-2831
Issue: 3
Pagina's: 1 - 12
Jaar van publicatie:2017