Volume: 7 Issue: 4
(April 2010)

Keywords:
data retention public interest individual privacy striking balance bulgarian parliament voted last february against amendment electronic communications act reinstated

Jurisdictions:
Europe Bulgaria

Data Retention: Public interest and individual privacy: striking a balance

The Bulgarian Parliament voted last February against an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act which would have reinstated the right of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to have direct access to the communications data retained by fixed and mobile operators and internet service providers. This right - originally contained in the Bulgarian Data Retention Regulation - had been struck down by the Supreme Administrative Court in 2008. Galina Bunkova, from Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners, analyses the controversial proposals and the amendments actually passed by the Bulgarian Parliament, which will come into force in May.

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