[HN Gopher] A data 'black hole': Europol ordered to delete vast ...
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       A data 'black hole': Europol ordered to delete vast store of
       personal data
        
       Author : DamnInteresting
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2022-01-10 21:52 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | scrollaway wrote:
       | 4 petabytes eh. Bonus points for the first article in several
       | years to use CD-ROMs as a unit of comparison.
       | 
       | > _" drawn from crime reports, hacked from encrypted phone
       | services and sampled from asylum seekers never involved in any
       | crime"_
        
       | jdougan wrote:
       | I wonder what their budget looked like for the data operations?
       | It might actually be seperable if it is only a few years old and
       | doesn't appear to be that black yet.
        
       | bsedlm wrote:
       | How could we be sure they aren't actually trying to cleanse
       | evidence of high-level corruption and other crimes?
        
         | Zababa wrote:
         | Because the police doesn't collect those in the first place /s.
        
       | FridgeSeal wrote:
       | Putting aside the data collection for a moment, I really
       | appreciate that the data watchdog (data protection supervisor)
       | for the EU actually has the ability to find this data, has the
       | authority to force the deletion and the policy makers and
       | agencies actually appear to be willing to even entertain
       | discussing where the boundary between privacy and security should
       | lie.
       | 
       | It's refreshing, especially in comparison with how things are
       | done in my country.
        
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