Ensuring effective data protection in the field of police and judicial activities: some considerations to achieve security, justice and freedom

摘要

The Treaty of Lisbon creates new opportunities in the field of data protection at European level. While some advocate for one set of rules applicable for all sectors of activity of the European Union, this article aims at explaining, based on the extensive experience of the author in implementing data protection in practice in a law enforcement organisation, why the “one fits all” perspective would not offer effective protection in the former third pillar sector and why a tailor made legal framework would lead to better protection for individuals and better compliance with data protection.