# Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

- Type: Enforcement
- Source: Data Protection Authority of Berlin
- Date: 2021-01-01
- Original: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ETid-1214
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/47329
- Topics: Scientific Research, Processing, Supervisory Authorities, Law Enforcement

## Summary

A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer queried his stepson's investigative process in order to prepare him for his testimony and to convince the officer in charge of the case of a different crime sequence.

## Full text

A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer queried his stepson's investigative process in order to prepare him for his testimony and to convince the officer in charge of the case of a different crime sequence.

GDPR Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Industry: Individuals and Private Associations

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