Each person has personal or personal data. But not everyone knows what it is. In this article, we will find out what personal data is. In addition, we will familiarize ourselves with the law on their protection.
What is personal data?
Everyone understands this wording in their own way. But we will build on the one that our legislation has given. The Law on Personal Data states that personal data is nothing more than simple information (or a combination of them) about a specific individual that can be identified. You must admit that this wording is so vague that the term "personal data" cannot be unambiguously interpreted. Moreover, due to this very inaccuracy, information may be misused by authors and database users. In particular,
law enforcement.Lawyers who are not indifferent to such a situation suggest correcting this concept and formulating it as follows: personal data is
information about an individual that makes it possible to identify this person. There is a minimum set of personal information that is necessary for such a procedure. First of all, this is the name, year and date of birth, address (postal, home or even electronic), phone number (home or mobile) and TIN.
The same law states that the use of the above personal data is possible only for the purpose of processing, which was confirmed and formulated with the consent of the subject - their owner. Any changes to the final processing target must be reconciled with the media. If this rule has been violated, the concept of "protection of personal data" is applied.
The Law on Personal Data was created with the aim of protecting and processing personal data. In particular, it aims to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of every person. In particular, this law controls the fact that everyone has the right to ensure that no one intervenes in his
personal life . For violation of the above law, a fine is expected.
Many law-abiding citizens believe that
this government, first of all, created the law for itself, since it is often violated in relation to other people, and no one bears responsibility for it.
Journalists and personal information
It is encouraging that such restrictions (provisions of the law on the protection of personal information) do not apply to people who engage in journalistic activities. That is, every journalist has the right to access personal information of any person, including from the top authorities. But access to it is provided solely for professional purposes, and finding this information is not so simple. Members of public and
religious organizations, trade unions and political parties do not register a personal database. They freed themselves from this ...
Journalists should not abuse their official position and cross the line of legality using secret information, in essence, to create a “sensation”. However, the law on personal data does not indicate exactly where this fine line is located.