Premessa 19
Recital 19
(19) Il-protezzjoni tal-persuni fiżiċi fir-rigward tal-ipproċessar tad-data personali minn awtoritajiet kompetenti għall-għanijiet tal-prevenzjoni, investigazzjoni, sejbien jew prosekuzzjoni ta’ reati kriminali jew l-eżekuzzjoni ta’ pieni kriminali, inkluż is-salvagwardja kontra u l-prevenzjoni ta’ theddid għas-sigurtà pubblika u l-moviment liberu ta’ tali data, hija s-suġġett ta’ att legali speċifiku tal-Unjoni.
Dan ir-Regolament m’għandux, għalhekk, japplika għall-attivitajiet ta’ pproċessar għal dawk l-għanijiet.
Madanakollu, id-data personali pproċessata mill-awtoritajiet pubbliċi skont dan ir-Regolament meta tintuża għal dawk l-għanijiet għandha tkun regolata minn att legali aktar speċifiku tal-Unjoni jiġifieri d-Direttiva (UE) 2016/680 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill (7).
L-Istati Membri jistgħu jinkarigaw awtoritajiet kompetenti fis-sens tad-Direttiva (UE) 2016/680 b’kompiti li mhumiex neċessarjament imwettqa għall-finijiet tal-prevenzjoni, l-investigazzjoni, is-sejbien jew il-prosekuzzjoni ta’ reati kriminali jew l-eżekuzzjoni ta’ pieni kriminali, inkluż is-salvagwardja kontra u l-prevenzjoni ta’ theddid għas-sigurtà pubblika, sabiex l-ipproċessar tad-data personali għal dawk il-finijiet l-oħra, sa fejn dan huwa fil-kamp ta’ applikazzjoni tal-liġi tal-Unjoni,
(19) The protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security and the free movement of such data, is the subject of a specific Union legal act.
This Regulation should not, therefore, apply to processing activities for those purposes.
However, personal data processed by public authorities under this Regulation should, when used for those purposes, be governed by a more specific Union legal act, namely Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council [7].
Member States may entrust competent authorities within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/680 with tasks which are not necessarily carried out for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and prevention of threats to public security, so that the processing of personal data for those other purposes, in so far as it is within the scope of Union law, falls within the scope of this Regulation.
jaqa’ fil-kamp ta’ applikazzjoni ta’ dan ir-Regolament.
Fir-rigward tal-ipproċessar ta’ data personali minn dawk l-awtoritajiet kompetenti għall-finijiet li jaqgħu fil-kamp ta’ applikazzjoni ta’ dan ir-Regolament, l-Istati Membri għandhom ikunu jistgħu jżommu jew jintroduċu dispożizzjonijiet aktar speċifiċi biex jadattaw l-applikazzjoni tar-regoli ta’ dan ir-Regolament.
Tali dispożizzjonijiet jistgħu jiddeterminaw b’mod aktar preċiż rekwiżiti speċifiċi għall-ipproċessar ta’ data personali minn dawk l-awtoritajiet kompetenti għal dawk il-finijiet l-oħra, filwaqt li jittieħed kont tal-istruttura kostituzzjonali, organizzattiva u amministrattiva tal-Istat Membru rispettiv.
Meta l-ipproċessar ta’ data personali minn korpi privati jaqa’ fil-kamp ta’ applikazzjoni ta’ dan ir-Regolament, dan ir-Regolament għandu jipprevedi l-possibbiltà li taħt kondizzjonijiet speċifiċi l-Istati Membri jirrestrinġu bil-liġi ċerti obbligi u drittijiet meta tali restrizzjoni tikkostitwixxi miżura meħtieġa u proporzjonata f’soċjetà demokratika biex jiġu ssalvagwardjati interessi importanti speċifiċi inkluż is-sigurtà pubblika u l-prevenzjoni, l-investigazzjoni, is-sejbien jew il-prosekuzzjoni ta’ reati kriminali jew l-eżekuzzjoni ta’ pieni kriminali, inkluż is-salvagwardja kontra u l-prevenzjoni ta’ theddid għas-sigurtà pubblika.
Dan hu rilevanti pereżempju fil-qafas tal-ġlieda kontra l-ħasil tal-flus jew l-attivitajiet tal-laboratorji forensiċi.
With regard to the processing of personal data by those competent authorities for purposes falling within scope of this Regulation, Member States should be able to maintain or introduce more specific provisions to adapt the application of the rules of this Regulation.
Such provisions may determine more precisely specific requirements for the processing of personal data by those competent authorities for those other purposes, taking into account the constitutional, organisational and administrative structure of the respective Member State.
When the processing of personal data by private bodies falls within the scope of this Regulation, this Regulation should provide for the possibility for Member States under specific conditions to restrict by law certain obligations and rights when such a restriction constitutes a necessary and proportionate measure in a democratic society to safeguard specific important interests including public security and the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security.
This is relevant for instance in the framework of anti-money laundering or the activities of forensic laboratories.
(7) Id-Direttiva (UE) 2016/680 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill tas-27 ta’ April 2016 dwar il-protezzjoni tal-persuni fiżiċi fir-rigward tal-ipproċessar ta’ data personali mill-awtoritajiet kompetenti għall-finijiet ta’ prevenzjoni, investigazzjoni, sejbien jew prosekuzzjoni ta’ reati kriminali jew l-eżekuzzjoni ta’ pieni kriminali, u l-moviment liberu ta’ dik id-data u li tħassar id-Deċiżjoni Qafas tal-Kunsill 2008/977/ĠAI (ara l-paġna 89 ta’ dan il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali).
[7] Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (see page 89 of this Official Journal).
The latest consolidated version of the Regulation with corrections by Corrigendum, OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2 ((EU) 2016/679). Source: EUR-lex.