On January 10, 2025, INTERPOL published its first-ever Silver Notice as part of its Silver Notices and Silver Diffusions pilot program. At the time, INTERPOL did not publish any rules that would regulate these new notices and diffusions. A week later, INTERPOL disclosed what it called “Legal Framework Governing the 2025 Silver Notice / Silver Diffusion Pilot.” There is no indication that the Legal Framework has been adopted by the INTERPOL General Assembly, unlike INTERPOL’s Rules on the Processing of Data (RPD) which provide for specific regulatory framework for other types of notices and diffusions. The RPD do not even mention Silver Notices or Silver Diffusions. It is, therefore, fair to call the Legal Framework a “draft” or “temporary rules.” After all, in the title of the document, INTERPOL indicates that it is designed for the pilot phase which speaks to its potentially temporary nature.
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