This week, on Wednesday and Thursday, Ministers Tanson and Bausch will discuss the subject with MPs on the committees for Internal Security and Justice. #
Discussions will cover the way these files will be used in future, based on the opinion of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights, as well as the number of files, the level at which they are located and the manner in which they are handled. They will also discuss how requests and deletion of data are processed.
The debate on police files began a few months ago when the issue made headlines, and has since spawned great public interest in these famous files. A large number of people have requested access to information about them from the central police files.
No fewer than 400 people have submitted requests, although 50 of these were incomplete and could not be processed for data protection reasons, because some requests were missing passport or identification copies.
Of the 350 remaining request, 80 people have received a response to date, while 270 more are still waiting for information on their files.
The high number of requests has resulted in an increased response time from three months to six months, said Minister for Internal Security François Bausch in his response to a parliamentary question by Pirate Party MP Sven Clement
