Analysis Work File
In an Analysis Work File (abbreviation: AWF ), English for work files for analysis purposes , “operational information” is compared within Europol's information system , “which focuses on a specific area of crime”. If several AWF s match, they are summarized in an "analysis report". (For example in the FIMATHU project .) This cooperation of the “data suppliers” aims to collect “existing connections” ( relation ) and thus to be able to identify “new tendencies and developments in the crime landscape of the EU” more quickly. A “new legal basis” (as of 2011) enables Europol to “process personal data in order to determine whether these data are relevant for its tasks and [can] include them in the Europol information system or in work files for analysis purposes” .
AWF formed the analogue to the National Data Exchange (N-DEx) of the United States Intelligence Community and performs analogous tasks. The master data for AWFs is in the Europol Information System (EIS) and can be accessed via the Europol communication protocol Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA). Together, these three systems form the operational core of Europol's work.
literature
- Matthias Monroy: Germany prevails: EU wants to monitor and save 'violent travelers' . Telepolis on August 22, 2013. Online at heise.de.