May the police provide personal data to injured parties of crimes?

The Police Data Act offers the possibility of providing police data to injured parties of criminal offenses. This is regulated in the Police Data Decree (Bpg) art. 4:2 paragraph 1 under n. This is only possible insofar as an injured party needs these data to be able to defend his interests in court.

A Wpg disclosure must be recorded in accordance with Art. 32(1)(b). The person whose data has been provided can exercise his or her right of inspection as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to find out on the basis of what consideration the personal data was provided by the police.

The Privacy Law in Investigation course deals with this topic in detail. You will learn what steps must be taken to comply with the Wpg, how data can be shared and how data from investigation activities can be used in surveillance work. Click here for more information.