Databases & Registers
Large amounts of personal data are collected, processed and stored in numerous public and private databases and registers serving different purposes. For example, your identification data and address can be found in both the Register of Inhabitants of Latvia and in the client database of your bank.
Public & Private databases
Public databases are owned by public institutions and administered on behalf of the State. The inclusion of your personal data in these databases is often compulsory by law. Private databases are owned by private entities such as companies and organisations. Inclusion of your personal data in these databases always requires your consent.
The storage and use of personal data in both public or private databases and registers is regulated by law and only allowed in specific situations. These situations are exhaustively listed in the General Data Protection Regulation.
Resources
Article 96
Applicable as of 25 May 2018
Articles 6, 9 and 10
9 October 2015
See Summary on case law regarding the access to data
(2019-2019), pages 44-49
Joint publication by the the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe