Loi sur les données policières

The Wet politiegegevens (Wpg), or Police Data Act, is the Dutch law governing how the police and other law-enforcement bodies process personal data — known as "politiegegevens" (police data). Personal data processed for policing and criminal-law enforcement falls outside the GDPR; instead it is governed by the Wpg, which implements the EU Law Enforcement Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/680) in the Netherlands. The law balances effective policing with the protection of citizens' privacy by setting strict rules on why, how long, and with whom police data may be processed and shared.

The Wpg applies to the national police as well as other bodies that handle police data, including the Koninklijke Marechaussee, special investigating officers (BOAs) and the Rijksrecherche. Compliance is supervised by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens), and in-scope organisations are required to undergo periodic privacy audits to demonstrate that their processing meets the law's requirements.