# Personal data protection: processing of data for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or execution of criminal penalties, and free movement of data

European Parliament procedure 2012/0010(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee JURI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 580 committee amendments tabled by 23 Members between 2013-02-04 and 2013-03-08.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns personal data protection for processing by competent authorities for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or execution of criminal penalties, and free movement of such data. The amendments define data subjects, profiling and personal data breaches, set principles of lawful, fair and minimal processing, distinguish categories of data subjects, prohibit discriminatory profiling, and regulate further processing and information given to the data subject.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axel VOSS | Germany | PPE | 133 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96761.md |
| Cornelia ERNST | Germany | GUE/NGL | 95 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96852.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 83 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |
| Jan Philipp ALBRECHT | Germany | Verts/ALE | 70 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96736.md |
| Eva LICHTENBERGER | Austria | Verts/ALE | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28253.md |
| Carlos COELHO | Portugal | PPE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1892.md |
| Jan MULDER | Netherlands | ALDE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1965.md |
| Françoise CASTEX | France | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28148.md |
| Nuno MELO | Portugal | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96978.md |
| Birgit SIPPEL | Germany | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96932.md |
| Josef WEIDENHOLZER | Austria | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111014.md |
| Rebecca TAYLOR | United Kingdom | ALDE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112620.md |
| Wim van de CAMP | Netherlands | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96754.md |
| Piotr BORYS | Poland | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96799.md |
| Nathalie GRIESBECK | France | ALDE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28208.md |

## Official source documents

- PE504.239: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-504.239+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE506.127: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-506.127+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE506.128: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-506.128+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-0010-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-0010-COD.json

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