International Protection Act 2026

Offence of processing data in Eurodac contrary to Article 1 of Eurodac Regulation

19. (1) A person who engages in the processing of data recorded in Eurodac in a manner or for a purpose that is contrary to the purpose for which the information is recorded in Eurodac, as referred to in Article 1 of the Eurodac Regulation, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine.

(2) In subsection (1), “processing” has the same meaning as it has in Article 4(2) of the Data Protection Regulation.