Athina Giannakoula, Ph.D. (2014), Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece), is a Postdoc researcher at that University. She teaches European criminal law at the National School for Judges of Greece and works as National Expert for the assessment of the implementation of EU legislation. She has published on European criminal law and other criminal law topics. She is currently a Member of the Council of the European Law Institute. Dafni Lima, LLM (Cambridge), is a Ph.D. candidate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and was a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Harvard University. She has worked as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the AUTH Jean Monnet Chair for European Constitutional Law, and her research interests include European criminal law.Prof. Dr. Maria Kaiafa-Gbandi is a Professor of Criminal Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). She is the Director of the Research Institute for Transparency, Corruption and Financial Crime, and of the Postgraduate Studies Curriculum Committee. She has written extensively on criminal law and European criminal law issues. She is currently a Member of the Council of the European Law Institute.

• ContentsCombating Crime in the Digital Age: a Critical Review of EU Information Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice—Challenges for Criminal Law and Personal Data ProtectionAthina Giannakoula, Dafni Lima and Maria Kaiafa-GbandiAbstractKeywordsIntroductionPart 1. Systematic Approach on the Information Systems Employed for the Purpose of Preventing and Combating Serious Crime within the Area of Freedom, Security and JusticePart 2. Evaluation of the Eu Framework on the Collection, Processing and Exchange of Personal Data for Criminal Law Purposes: Principles, Limitations and SafeguardsConclusionsAcknowledgementsBibliography

Athina Giannakoula, Ph.D. (2014), Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece), is a Postdoc researcher at that University. She teaches European criminal law at the National School for Judges of Greece and works as National Expert for the assessment of the implementation of EU legislation. She has published on European criminal law and other criminal law topics. She is currently a Member of the Council of the European Law Institute. Dafni Lima, LLM (Cambridge), is a Ph.D. candidate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and was a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Harvard University. She has worked as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the AUTH Jean Monnet Chair for European Constitutional Law, and her research interests include European criminal law.Prof. Dr. Maria Kaiafa-Gbandi is a Professor of Criminal Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). She is the Director of the Research Institute for Transparency, Corruption and Financial Crime, and of the Postgraduate Studies Curriculum Committee. She has written extensively on criminal law and European criminal law issues. She is currently a Member of the Council of the European Law Institute.

• ContentsCombating Crime in the Digital Age: a Critical Review of EU Information Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice—Challenges for Criminal Law and Personal Data ProtectionAthina Giannakoula, Dafni Lima and Maria Kaiafa-GbandiAbstractKeywordsIntroductionPart 1. Systematic Approach on the Information Systems Employed for the Purpose of Preventing and Combating Serious Crime within the Area of Freedom, Security and JusticePart 2. Evaluation of the Eu Framework on the Collection, Processing and Exchange of Personal Data for Criminal Law Purposes: Principles, Limitations and SafeguardsConclusionsAcknowledgementsBibliography

Athina Giannakoula, Ph.D. (2014), Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece), is a Postdoc researcher at that University. She teaches European criminal law at the National School for Judges of Greece and works as National Expert for the assessment of the implementation of EU legislation. She has published on European criminal law and other criminal law topics. She is currently a Member of the Council of the European Law Institute. Dafni Lima, LLM (Cambridge), is a Ph.D. candidate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and was a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Harvard University. She has worked as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the AUTH Jean Monnet Chair for European Constitutional Law, and her research interests include European criminal law.Prof. Dr. Maria Kaiafa-Gbandi is a Professor of Criminal Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). She is the Director of the Research Institute for Transparency, Corruption and Financial Crime, and of the Postgraduate Studies Curriculum Committee. She has written extensively on criminal law and European criminal law issues. She is currently a Member of the Council of the European Law Institute.

• ContentsCombating Crime in the Digital Age: a Critical Review of EU Information Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice—Challenges for Criminal Law and Personal Data ProtectionAthina Giannakoula, Dafni Lima and Maria Kaiafa-GbandiAbstractKeywordsIntroductionPart 1. Systematic Approach on the Information Systems Employed for the Purpose of Preventing and Combating Serious Crime within the Area of Freedom, Security and JusticePart 2. Evaluation of the Eu Framework on the Collection, Processing and Exchange of Personal Data for Criminal Law Purposes: Principles, Limitations and SafeguardsConclusionsAcknowledgementsBibliography