EU data protection official calls for deletion of personal data of suspects
Europol would have to delete the data of suspects after six months, without a proven link to crimes. However, this has not always been the case in the past. The EU Data Protection Supervisor is now calling for mass deletion of personal data.
Europol has collected huge amounts of people's personal data in the past. Actually, data of suspects should be deleted within six months. According to the EU data protection commissioner, the agency did not comply with this requirement.
EU Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski has now ordered the police agency Europol to delete all of its data invited, provided there is no longer a link to criminal activity. The data contained a high level of information, the exact content of which is often unknown to Europol itself.
Already in September, Wiewiórowski sent a first warning to the police authorities, who had not yet shown any cooperation.
Europol is now given one year to delete sensitive data. According to a report by "The Guardian" included the data silo of four petabytes.
Source: Die Zeit
