Directive on Data Protection in Police and Criminal Justice Activities
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…
What type of data contains the Schengen Information System (SIS II)?
The Schengen Information System II (SIS II) is the largest shared database in Europe on maintaining public security, supporting police and judicial co-operation and managing external border control. Participating States` Authorities provide…
Directive (EU) 2016/681 on the Use of Passenger Name Record Data
Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and…
Access to the Schengen Information System II
The following authorities could access directly SIS II from an automated workplace: 1. National Police Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Interior; 2. Chief Directorate “Combating Organized Crime”; 3. Chief…
N.SIS II retention period of alerts
Alerts for persons and property, entered in N.SIS II are kept only for the exact period that is necessary for achieving the purposes, which they were entered for, as follows:…
General Data Protection Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 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…
The Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe
The Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe (PCC SEE) was signed in Vienna on 5 May 2006 by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro. Albania is the…
Identity misuse
Identity misuse exists when a person uses the identity of another existing person (name and date of birth) by using a document certifying identity and/or status issued to another person.…
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
Commission Implementing Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield - declared void by desicion of the Court of Justice of the European Union…
