Dutch authorities still track thousands of former suspects exonerated in criminal cases
NL TimesPersonal data of people who were suspected of a crime is often kept in police and justice databases despite the fact that they legally need to delete the data, an investigation by RTL Nieuws showed. "With facial recognition technology, the police can - without anyone realizing it - find out who that person is and how that person moves in public spaces,” said Masa Galic of the Free University Amsterdam. “The problem is complex, but important steps have and are continuing to be made.” The ministry is now going to judge whether tens of thousands of people's sensitive personal data was kept in the database illegally. It was already determined by the Ministry of Justice and Safety that 80,000 people’s data may be stored in the police data banks illegally.
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