Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 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
This Directive concerns 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. Protecting personal data when being used by police and criminal justice authorities is at the centre of this Directive.
Institution: Other (Eurlex search)
Type of document: Legislation
Year: 2016
Topic: Data protection
Type of victim: All victims of crime, Refugees, Victims of cybercrime
