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WELCOME
FOREWORD
/ 1 INTRODUCTION – IS EUROPOL WATCHING YOU?
/ 1.1 EUROPOL’S MANDATE
/ 1.2 DATA PROTECTION AS AN ASSET IN FIGHTING SERIOUS CRIME AND TERRORISM
/ 1.2.1 EUROPEAN CYBERCRIME CENTRE (EC3)
/ 1.2.2 EUROPEAN COUNTER TERRORISM CENTRE (ECTC)
/ 1.2.3 EUROPEAN MIGRANT SMUGGLING CENTRE EMSC (EMSC)
/ 2 THE EUROPOL REGIME IN THE WORLD OF DATA PROTECTION
/ 2.1 EUROPOL REGULATION AND OTHER RELEVANT INSTRUMENTS
/ 2.2 PERSONAL DATA
/ 2.3 DATA PROCESSING
/ 3 INTEGRATED DATA MANAGEMENT CONCEPT (IDMC)
/ 3.1 CROSS-CHECKING
/ 3.2 STRATEGIC AND THEMATIC ANALYSIS
/ 3.3 OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS
/ 3.4 FACILITATION OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE
/ 4 RELATIONS WITH PARTNERS
/ 4.1 UNION BODIES
/ 4.2 THIRD COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
/ 4.3 PRIVATE PARTIES AND PRIVATE PERSONS
/ 5 EXERCISING THE RULES OR: WHO WATCHES THE WATCHDOG?
/ 5.1 DATA PROTECTION OFFICER – A PROVIDER OF INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE
/ 5.2 EXTERNAL SUPERVISION BY THE EDPS
/ 5.3 THE ROLE OF NATIONAL DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITIES
/ 5.4 PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY
/ 5.5 OTHER FORMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
/ 6 CONCLUSION: DATA PROTECTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT – A SUCCESSFUL UNION

// 2.2. PERSONAL DATA

In legal terms, personal data is “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”.

// 2.2. PERSONAL DATA