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Rechtswidrige Profilerstellung

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Produkte
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Asylum, migration and borders
Asylum, migration and borders
Access to asylum
Borders and information systems
Child protection
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention
Legal migration and integration
Trafficking and labour exploitation
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Borders and information systems
Data protection
Unlawful profiling
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
People with disabilities
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Defendants’ rights
Civil justice
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Security
Business and human rights
Support for human rights systems and defenders
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Inter-governmental human rights systems
National human rights systems and bodies
Civil society
6
September
2024

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Today I was stopped by the police.
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Unlawful profiling

Stopping unlawful police profiling

There are many reasons for the police to stop someone. But prejudice should not be one of them. Find out what FRA is doing to end discriminatory police stops.
Download report on police stops
Download guide on preventing ethnic profiling
African-American black driver is being pulled off by mixed-race female police officer.
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Report / Paper / Summary
Racial and ethnic origin
Unlawful profiling
Security
25
Mai
2021

Your rights matter: Police stops - Fundamental Rights Survey

This paper presents statistical survey data for the EU on how often people are stopped by the police, in what kind of situations they are stopped, the action taken by the police during stops, and views on whether or not the police acted respectfully.
Read news item
Access data explorer
Watch video
Report / Paper / Summary
Unlawful profiling
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
11
Juni
2019

Data quality and artificial intelligence – mitigating bias and error to protect fundamental rights

Algorithms used in machine learning systems and artificial intelligence (AI) can only be as good as the data used for their development. High quality data are essential for high quality algorithms. Yet, the call for high quality data in discussions around AI often remains without any further specifications and guidance as to what this actually means.
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Rechtswidrige Profilerstellung
Asyl, Migration und Grenzen
Datenschutz, Privatsphäre und neue Technologien
Datenschutz
Gleichheit, Nichtdiskriminierung und Rassismus
Ethnische Herkunft
Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit
Sicherheit
5
Dezember
2018

Unrechtmäßiges Profiling heute und in Zukunft vermeiden – ein Leitfaden

In diesem Handbuch wird erläutert, was Profiling ist, welcher Rechtsrahmen ihm zugrunde liegt und weshalb Profiling von rechtlicher Seite nicht nur die Grundrechte wahren muss, sondern auch von entscheidender Bedeutung für eine wirksame Polizeiarbeit und ein wirksames Grenzmanagement ist. Das Handbuch enthält außerdem praktische Anweisungen zur Vermeidung von unrechtmäßigem Profiling bei Einsätzen von Polizei und Grenzmanagement.
In brief / Factsheet
Unlawful profiling
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
20
September
2018

In Brief - Big data, algorithms and discrimination

With enormous volumes of data generated every day, more and more decisions are based on data analysis and algorithms. This can bring welcome benefits, such as consistency and objectivity, but algorithms also entail great risks. A FRA focus paper looks at how the use of automation in decision making can result in, or exacerbate, discrimination.
Report / Paper / Summary
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Unlawful profiling
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
30
Mai
2018

#BigData: Discrimination in data-supported decision making

We live in a world of big data, where technological developments in the area of machine learning and artificial intelligence have changed the way we live. Decisions and processes concerning everyday life are increasingly automated, based on data. This affects fundamental rights in various ways. This focus paper specifically deals with discrimination, a fundamental rights area particularly affected by technological developments.
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Gleichheit, Nichtdiskriminierung und Rassismus
Datenschutz, Privatsphäre und neue Technologien
Rechtswidrige Profilerstellung
Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit
Rechte der Angeklagten
3
Dezember
2013

Polizeiliche Aus- und Fortbildung in Grundrechtsfragen – Handbuch für Trainer und Trainnerinnen im Polizeidienst

Polizeibedienstete, die dafür sorgen, dass die Menschen ihre Grundrechte und Freiheiten genießen können,
verdienen die Achtung und das Vertrauen der Öffentlichkeit. Unter dieser Voraussetzung möchte dieses Handbuch
der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) die auf den Menschenrechten basierende Polizeiarbeit
fördern und die Menschenrechtsbildung in Einklang mit den Zielen der Europäischen Union im Bereich Justiz
und Inneres in das Zentrum der polizeilichen Aus- und Fortbildung rücken.
Report / Paper / Summary
Gleichheit, Nichtdiskriminierung und Rassismus
Legale Migration und Integration
Rechtswidrige Profilerstellung
11
Oktober
2010

Bericht der Reihe „Daten kurz gefasst“: Polizeikontrollen und Minderheiten

Dieser Bericht befasst sich mit den Erfahrungen der
BefragungsteilnehmerInnen mit Polizeikontrollen, unter
anderem auch mit dem Ausmaß an Vertrauen zur Polizei.
Er ist der vierte EU-MIDIS-Bericht der Reihe „Daten kurz
gefasst“ und untersucht verschiedene Ergebnisse der
Erhebung.
Report / Paper / Summary
Rechtswidrige Profilerstellung
Datenschutz, Privatsphäre und neue Technologien
Datenschutz
Gleichheit, Nichtdiskriminierung und Rassismus
Ethnische Herkunft
11
Oktober
2010

Diskriminierendes "Ethnic Profiling" erkennen und vermeiden

Ein Handbuch für die Polizeiatbeit.
In brief / Factsheet
Unlawful profiling
Legal migration and integration
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
11
Oktober
2010

Police stops and minorities: understanding and preventing discriminatory ethnic profiling

When used as an investigation technique in the context of law enforcement, ethnic profiling is often referred to as “criminal profiling”. This type of profiling uses indicators such as physical features, appearance or behaviour to give a “suspect description”. Profiling becomes unlawful when it is discriminatory.