Institution or law · LED Art. 1(1)
Law Enforcement Directive
In plain English
The GDPR's sister law for police, prosecutors and other authorities handling personal data to fight crime. Member States must turn it into national law.
What the law says
This Directive lays down the rules relating to 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, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security.
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