January 10, 2022 09:24 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/10/22877041/europol-delete-petabytes-crime-data-eu-privacy-law
Europol ordered to delete petabytes of data not clearly linked to crime
Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, has been ordered to delete a huge store of personal data gleaned from police agencies in EU member states over the past six years. The deletion order comes from the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), a watchdog body overseeing EU institutions’ compliance with privacy and data protection legislation.
EDPS has given Europol a year to review its databases and then remove any data that cannot be linked to a criminal investigation.
The total volume of data stored in Europol’s systems amounts to around 4 petabytes according to reporting in The Guardian — equivalent to hundreds of billions of pages of printed text — and includes data on at least a quarter of a million current...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/10/22877041/europol-delete-petabytes-crime-data-eu-privacy-law
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