What types of personal data can be processed for the purposes of Eurodac?
Pursuant to the Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 of 11 December 2000 concerning the establishment of Eurodac for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention the scope of data processed for the purposes of Eurodac is varied depending on the category of persons whose date are recorded in the central database.
In relation to applicants for asylum the following data shall be recorded in the central database (Art. 5 (1) of the Regulation):
- Member State of origin (state which transmits data do the Central Unit), place and date of the application for asylum;
- fingerprint data (relating to all fingers);
- sex;
- reference number used by the Member State of origin;
- date on which the fingerprints were taken;
- date on which the data were transmitted to the Central Unit;
- date on which the data were entered in the central database;
- details in respect of the recipient(s) of the data transmitted and the date(s) of transmission(s).
- Member State of origin (state which transmits data do the Central Unit), place and date of the application for asylum,
- fingerprint data (relating to all fingers);
- sex;
- reference number used by the Member State of origin;
- date on which the fingerprints were taken;
- date on which the data were transmitted to the Central Unit.
The Member State which intends to check whether an alien found illegally present on its territory has lodged an application for asylum shall transmit to the Central Unit the fingerprint data relating to all or at least the index fingers, and, if those are missing, the prints of all other fingers. These data shall be recorded in the central database (Art. 11 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Regulation).