Article 4 Rules on personal data protection and on data security

Europol shall, when processing personal data under this Decision, comply with the rules on personal data protection and on data security laid down in the Europol Decision, in particular Articles 18, 27, and 35 and the rules adopted in the implementation thereof.

In case Europol decides to include such data in the information processing systems or to delete or destroy it, it shall inform the providing Member State, EU body or third party thereof.