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Decisions on supplying data
(1)
The decision to supply data from a police personal data file is made
by the file keeper or another police unit appointed to this task by the
file keeper. The police unit shall name a sufficient number of persons
authorized to take decisions on supplying data from personal data
files.
(2)
When taking decisions on supplying data, the nature of the data to be
supplied shall be taken into account in order to ensure data protection
and data security for the data subject.
Section 21
Background checks
(1)
When conducting a basic background check or an extended
background check as referred to in the Act on Background Checks,
the Security Police have the right to utilize data contained in the Data
System for Police Matters, the Data System for Administrative Matters
and the Operational Data System of the Security Police, and the right
to obtain data contained in the judicial administration’s information
systems on criminal matters that are or have been subject to
consideration of charges, and data contained in the criminal justice
decisions register. Separate provisions shall be issued regarding the
right of the Security Police to obtain other information that they could
utilize when conducting a basic background check or an extended
background check.
(2)
When conducting a limited background check, the police have the
right to utilize data contained in the Data System for Police Matters,
and the right to obtain data contained in the judicial administration’s
information systems on criminal matters that are or have been subject
to consideration of charges and data contained in the criminal justice
decisions register, as well as other information that the police have
the right to obtain from other authorities for this purpose, as provided
elsewhere in the law.
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