Members of the European Parliament raised concerns about systematic governance failures at Europol and Frontex. A letter signed by 19 MEPs cites findings that Europol stored large volumes of sensitive data on shadow IT systems without adequate governance, auditing, or security controls. The concerns include processing, storing, and transferring data in ways that may violate EU data protection law and rule-of-law principles. The MEPs warn that plans to expand Europol and Frontex should proceed only if full compliance with EU law and data protection principles is ensured. They call for robust independent oversight mechanisms that are enforceable and conditioned on compliance with fundamental rights and data protection requirements.
"These reforms cannot be limited to operational or efficiency considerations ... they must be firmly conditioned on full compliance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, strict adherence to data protection principles, and the establishment of robust, independent, and enforceable oversight mechanisms."
"The letter cites investigative reporting from Computer Weekly, Solomon and Correctiv, revealing that Europol ran an internal shadow IT infrastructure where large volumes of sensitive personal data were processed for years "outside of properly governed and auditable systems"."
""These parallel environments appear to have enabled analytical work without sufficient access controls, incomplete logging and, in some instances, circumvention of established internal and external oversight mechanisms," the"
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