FACETS OF PROTECTING CITIZENS' RIGHTS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

Abstract

In this paper, the author examines the material-legal and procedural-legal aspects of legal remedies available to citizens to protect their rights to access information of public importance or to protect personal data before the institution of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. The question of protecting the right to an effective legal remedy available to citizens before the Commissioner's institution is crucial for realizing the principle of legal certainty, especially considering the degree of digitization achieved in the decision-making process by the authorities, which directly affects the realization of citizens' rights. In the paper, we point out inconsistencies, both normative and those resulting from practice, as well as a review of data in the field of citizens' legal protection through the analysis of several previous reports of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, which this independent institution is obliged to publish annually for the previous reporting year. In our work, through the synthesis of the mentioned elements, we will examine the effectiveness of the application of legal remedies available to citizens before the institution of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, in accordance with the applicable regulations in these areas.