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What about GDPR?
by DeathArrow 4y ago
What about GDPR?
- mhitza 4y agoAny EU state institution which can package their motives behind a shallow "national security" excuse can exempt itself from GDPR. And whose motives are really shallow (like it could be in this case, haven't read the article), the only way forward is to bring them to court and test their "national security" excuse.
- coretx 4y agoNo it's not... When you ask them for your file they may return a letter ending with "we have no info about you but if you publish the content of this letter you go to prison" It happend to me. ( In the Netherlands)
- andai 4y agoDamn, that's terrible. Do I understand correctly, you asked the police to give you what they have on you, under GDPR? Does GDPR make exceptions for police? (If I was a criminal and being investigated, I imagine it would defeat the purpose if they had to tell me everything they knew about me.)
- coretx 4y agoNot just GDPR, also WPG etc. The latter is what you are supposed to use. And no, no criminal investigation involved.
- formerly_proven 4y agoGDPR article 2 section 2 clauses b and d
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoGDPR protects you from private enterprises spying on you, it doesn't protect you from your own government spying on you.
- FooBarWidget 4y agoNot quite. GDPR applies to governments as well. But there is a legal basis called "public task": "the processing is necessary for you to perform a task in the public interest or for your official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law" So no the govt can't "just" spy on you. But if they have, say, a court order, or let's say the law allows it if they have sufficient evidence, then yes. Otherwise, government bodies are expected to behave like everyone else. My experience is that government bodies tend to be more concerned with legal compliance than private entities.