Limitations on the transparency of public administration activities due to the privacy of an individual

Abstract

Global reality is primarily characterized by multiculturalism and, at the same time, by a conflict of values. Among other things, this phenomenon occurs between the principle of openness of public administration activities and the right to privacy. Contemporary public administration, broadly understood, has a huge amount of data or information on private individuals. Unauthorized or unlawful disclosure may be considered by the courts as a violation of the right to privacy. The aim of the study is to analyze, not only the confrontation of the principle of transparency of public administration activities with the right to privacy, but also to present examples of possible areas of conflict. The research hypothesis is the statement that it is not always possible to fully implement the right of access to public information due to the need to protect the right to privacy. The basis for the analysis of the issue in question is the dogmatic interpretation of the provisions of international, EU and Polish law as well as the analysis of jurisprudence.

Keywords

• right to privacy
• transparency of public administration activities
• conflict of values
• eu law
• public information