[HN Gopher] A data 'black hole': Europol ordered to delete vast ... ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-10 23:00 UTC)