CPDP.ai 2024 - Law Enforcement Directive - Unpacking GDPR’s Little Brother

Law Enforcement Directive -Unpacking GDPR’s Little Brother
The Law Enforcement Directive (LED) was adopted by the European Union (EU) in May 2016 under the shadow of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). While the official legislative process for the LED started together with the negotiations for the GDPR, in reality negotiations on the LED only genuinely started during the second half of 2015. The LED has by far not achieved all its goals, but it has nevertheless paved the way towards a more coher- ent and comprehensive framework on the protec- tion of personal data for law enforcement purposes at national level. The growing importance of the LED is also signified by the increasing references of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to this Directive. The CJEU has looked into the LED in a number of recent judgements. This panel will explore the interplay between the LED and the GDPR and is going to examine challenges in the application of the GDPR, including (but not limited to) those already raised in current cases in front of or decided already by the CJEU, along with the state of the LED transposition in the EU Member States.
• How clear are the boundaries between the LED and the GDPR (especially in light of Case C-180/21, VS v Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sade ben savet)?
• How does the LED ensure respect for the rule of law despite the lack of a transparency obligation?
• Is the LED equipped to tackle the challenges brought by AI?
• How does the UK approach data processing for law enforcement purposes in light of post-Brexit developments?
Organised by TILT, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technol- ogy and Society (NL)
Moderator Franziska Boehm, FIZ Karlsruhe (DE)
Speakers Eleni Kosta, TILT-Tilburg University (NL); Herke Kranenborg, European Commission (EU); Nora Ni Loideain, IALS, University of London (UK); Ruben Roex, time.lex (BE); Juraj Sajfert, European Commission (EU)