Every year, INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL Files(CCF) releases an Annual Report covering the Commission’s accomplishments. Today’s post will be addressing the report for 2024 and the reported requests for deletion, revision, and access. Each of these requests has a different intent and meaning.
As stated in a previous post,
- Access requests are sent by clients wanting to confirm or deny that their information is being stored in INTERPOL’s databases
- Correction/deletion request refers to the Commission correcting incorrect or abusive data or deleting false information from the organization’s databases
- Revision of a previous decision made by the Commission is a request for the CCF to review new, relevant information relating to an earlier decision if that information was submitted in a timely fashion and would have made a difference to the CCF’s consideration of the case.
The following data table displays the percentage of each type of admissible requests received in 2024:
Of the 2,586 new admissible requests, approximately 37 percent were access requests, 45 percent were deletion requests, and 18 percent were applications for revision.
Our next post will detail how the CCF’s recent delays can be problematic for those interacting with INTERPOL.
As always, thoughts and comments are welcomed.