@article{coudert2017the author = {Fanny Coudert}, title = {The Europol Regulation and Purpose Limitation:}, journal = {European Data Protection Law Review}, volume = {3}, number = {3}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The Europol Regulation entered into force on the 1 May 2017. The instrument has however received little attention and the content was hardly debated. Yet, it brings forth a major change in terms of data protection: the principle of purpose limitation is not implemented anymore through the so-called ‘silo-based approach’. The focus of the Regulation is not on databases but on data processing operations. This article reviews the impact of this shift, in particular as purpose limitation is restated as fundamental principle in the field of law enforcement cooperation, both because of the opacity of the personal data processing operations and their significant impact on the lives and freedoms of individuals. To that end, it first describes the context and content of the reform before highlighting the limits of this approach. It finally formulates some recommendations for the implementation of purpose limitation in this new context.}, url = {https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2017/3/6} doi = {10.21552/edpl/2017/3/6} }