Data Protection and Interoperability in EU External Relations

This book assesses whether the implementation of transborder interoperable solutions aligns with the European Union's standards and rules on personal data transfer. It specifically examines the principles and values enshrined in the founding Treaties that steer the EU’s external activities as a global actor. It will help you understand the privacy and data protection standards the EU must uphold when pursuing its objectives of freedom, security, and justice externally. You’ll learn about the limits on the processing of personal data by large-scale IT systems in the areas of freedom, security, and justice, and explore the full scope of the 2019 interoperability regulations, n. 817 and 818. Also, the volume offers a series of diagrams, tables, and figures that will make your reading as smooth as possible.

Preface

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

The External Reach of Interoperability in the European Union’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: An Introduction

1. Background

2. Objective and Research Questions

3. Legal Framework

4. Preliminary Remarks

5. Previous Studies and Current Situation

6. Methodology

7. Structure

1. Introduction

2. The United Nations’ Delayed, Soft Response to Technology Challenges

3. The Right to Respect for Private and Family Life and the Council of Europe’s Convention 108

4. Other Soft, Privacy Law Frameworks: Privacy Interoperability

5. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. A Non-European Union’s Competence on the Protection of Personal Data

3. A European Union’s Fundamental (Human?) Right to the Protection of Personal Data

4. The Provision of a European Union’s Competence Based on Article 16(2) of the TFEU

5. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. The European Union’s Association Agreements

3. The European Union’s Cooperation Agreements

4. The Clause on Data Protection in the European Union’s Freedom, Security and Justice Agreements

5. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. The Schengen Information System (SIS)

3. The European Asylum Dactyloscopy Database (Eurodac)

4. The Visa Information System (VIS)

5. The Entry/Exit System (EES)

6. The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)

7. The European Criminal Records Information System for Third-Country Nationals (ECRIS-TCN)

8. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Historical Background

3. The Range of the Interoperability Framework

4. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Global Interoperability in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

3. The External Dimension of Large-Scale it Systems

4. The Processing of Personal Data, Including Its Transfer, by Europol

5. Interoperability with Interpol’s Databases