Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards.
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Europol, the European Union agency that supports member states in the fight against serious international crime and terrorism, developed and operated parallel data analysis platforms containing vast amounts of sensitive personal information, a months-long investigation by Solomon, CORRECTIV and Computer Weekly, based on leaked emails, internal documents and whistleblower testimony, has revealed. Former officials describe the system as “a shadowy…