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Ref. Ares(2018)3166967 - 15/06/2018
From: 
 (HOME) 
Sent: 
17 August 2016 14:48 
To: 
 (HOME); 
 (HOME); 
 
(JUST) 
Subject: 
Flash report - 10/8 meeting with Facebook on e-evidence 
 
Dear all, 
 
For your information, please find below a flash report from a meeting with Facebook (10/8/16) on e-
evidence

 
Participants: 
 (Facebook), 
 
 
The informal meeting took place to make Facebook aware of aware of the Commission's actions to 
follow up on the 9 June 2016 Council conclusions on improving criminal justice in cyberspace and to 
explore possibilities for cooperation. The Commission briefly presented the Council conclusions, 
highlighting the Commission's follow-up actions with two working streams of i) more practical, short-
term activities and ii) more reflective, longer-term activities.  
 
Facebook generally welcomed the work on e-evidence and indicated that they would be open to 
contribute. Facebook referred to their existing mechanisms to facilitate the cooperation with law 
enforcement authorities, including a state-of-the-art electronic portal that can be used to make requests 
and follow them while they are being processed. Facebook clarified that they currently have a data 
centre in Sweden, and have announced the construction of another one in Ireland. Facebook Ireland is 
considered as the data controller in relation to the processing of personal data of European users.  
 
Facebook welcomed an opportunity to have a further discussion on e-evidence with service providers in 
the context of the EU Internet Forum. Facebook indicated that they will have a number of their experts 
on cooperation with law enforcement visiting Brussels in the week of 15 September 2016, who may be 
interested in attending the meeting of the EU Internet Forum / on e-evidence that was already 
preliminarily scheduled for that day. 
 
Best, 
 
 
 
Policy Officer  
 
European Commission 
DG Migration and Home Affairs  
Unit D2 – Fight against organised crime  
1049 Brussels, Belgium 
Tel. +32 229 
 
 
What we do: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/organized-crime-and-human-
trafficking/cybercrime/index en.htm