Prelucrarea, de către partidele politice, a datelor cu caracter personal incluse în Registrul electoral

Especially in the electoral periods a question is being increasingly put forward. This question consists of whether, after the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation, the political parties would still have the opportunity to process personal data included in the Electoral Register, and, if met with an affirmative answer, then how do the special norms, included in the electoral legislation, impact the principles introduced by the GDPR, as well as the national legislation when applied in practice. During our study, we not only analyze this impact, but also the guarantees that political parties must offer to the data subjects, regarding the processing of their personal data included in the Electoral Register. Furthermore, also subject to analysis are the ways in which a reasonable balance between the right to data protection and the need for political parties to be able to fulfil their constitutional role, as well as the activities specific to electoral periods in a democratic society can be ensured.