16th Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG)

24 February 2025 Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), Warsaw, Poland Keynote speech by; Wojciech Wiewiórowski European Data Protection Supervisor It is a great pleasure to be here today to provide you with an update on the by the European Data Protection Supervisor’s work in its supervision of personal data processing by Europol. I am especially honoured to be here in Warsaw in the Room where almost 15 years ago I was confirmed by the Senate of the Republic of Poland for the position of the Polish Data Protection Authority. I remember this room very well for the lively parliamentary debates on Poland joining the Schengen Zone (including introduction of the SIS or rather SISOne4All) in 2008 when I was representing the Government and the Ministry of Interior and in 2011 when I acted as the Data Protection Authority during the discussion on the statute of September 16th, 2011 on the exchange of information with law enforcement authorities of the Member States of the European Union, non-EU/EEA countries, agencies of the European Union and international organisations. These particularly relate to consultations on new forms of joint operational analysis between Europol and EU Member States, and continuous developments in the use of artificial intelligence for law enforcement purposes. I also want to take this opportunity to underline some significant initiatives taken by...