Europol Act, 1997

Application of Data Protection Act, 1988.

6.—(1) For the purposes of this Act and the Convention, the Data Protection Act, 1988 , shall apply and have effect with any necessary modifications to the collection, processing, keeping, use or disclosure of certain information relating to individuals that is processed automatically.

(2) For the purposes of the application of the Convention to the State, references to “national competent authority” in Article 19.1 of the Convention and “national authorities concerned” in Article 19.5 of the Convention shall be construed as references to the Data Protection Commissioner.

(3) For the purposes of Article 38 of the Convention, section 7 of the Data Protection Act, 1988 , shall apply as regards the liability of the State for any damage caused to an individual as a result of legal or factual errors in data stored or processed at Europol as it applies to the collection of or dealing with personal data (within the meaning of that Act).