Data protection
Policy of transparency and openness in personal data processing
The Regional Court of Balchik processes your personal data in compliance with Regulation № 679/2016 and Data Protection Act as protecting the right of personal privacy and human dignity and strictly implementing its duties of a judicial authority at the same time, by acting in conformity with the new opportunities in the global information community.
Personal data is any information related to an individual, who has been or can be identified in a direct or indirect way by an identification number or through one or more than one particular features; that is features connected with physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, social or any other identity of the person.
To specify, these are : names, personal identification number, address, telephone number, birthplace, passport details of the person ( physical identity); marital status and kinship relations( family identity);working experience ( labour activity); property, being in possession of shares of business entities or in a state of partnership with the same(economic identity).
Contact details:
2 ‘’Stara Planina’’ str., Balchik
tel: 057972824
Internet page address: https://balchik-rs.justice.bg
email address: balchik_rs@abv.bg
From its position of an controller of personal data, The Regional Court of Balchik has the responsibility and willingness to inform you what to be expected when processing your personal details.
Personal data processing can be formulated as any type of activity or a set of activities that can be performed in relation with personal information via automatic or other means, such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, adapting or changing, restoring, consulting, using, revealing by giving, distributing, providing, updating or combining, blocking, deleting or destroying it.
Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when processing personal details of individuals is necessary for the purpose of implementation of the obligations of the controller, the persons’ content is not required. The agreement of parents, when their minor children are concerned regarding personal data processing for that purpose, is not needed either.
When collecting and processing the data, the Court :
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- Processes personal data only for the purpose of implementation of its judicial functions as it gathers only the information which is relevant to the purpose and is updated periodically;
- Keeps only the personal details necessary for the fulfillment of the goal which they have been collected for;
- Respects the rights of the subjects of the personal data - the right of having an access, the right of objecting, the right of correction, the right of erasure, the right of complaining;
- Provides an adequate technical and organizational protection of personal data as well the one against illegal processing.
Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:
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- Judicial proceedings
- Human Resources
- Financial economics
- Requirements under the Act of Access to Public Information
- Video surveillance
- Visitors
- Complaints, whistleblowing and other claims, filed at the Regional Court of Balchik
Judicial proceedings
Filing and litigation are conducted in accordance with the Act. Storing personal data for the trials after their enactment is time-limited as the deadline is appointed in a particular nomenclature of archiving and disposal of cases, which is approved by the chairperson of the court and the State Archive. Cases are kept in a specially designed for the purpose premises as 24/7 security and video surveillance being provided. Taking documents of trials out of the court building is forbidden with the exception of the cases appointed by an enactment.
People with access to personal data, when that is required for the fulfillment of their job responsibilities, must not distribute them under the Ethical Code of the Bulgarian magistrates, the Ethical Code of the judicial employees, the Ethical Code of the Lawyers as well as under the threat of punishment which is provided by the Penal Code.
Access to the personal data of persons, needed for conducting trials, is given only to judges, members of the jury, experts, prosecutors, interpreters, parties in a case and their legal representatives, judicial employees and individuals under a contract.
Lawsuits are submitted for a reference only to the parties or their proxies. Reproduction and distribution of personal details is implemented under The Rules of Court Procedure. In cases of correspondence with persons requesting papers by email address, an explicit application needs to be completed , which specifies the email address. Each computer is protected by a password of individual access.
When publishing judicial acts on its webpage, the Regional Court of Balchik defaces the personal details of the individuals in a way that makes their direct or indirect identification impossible. There are inner rules at the court regarding publishing judicial acts on its internet page .
Judicial acts of trials, concerning the civil and health status of individuals, can be published without a motive.
Respecting the principle of proportionality between the personal information necessary for the court functioning and the requirements of the law is a subject to a continuous observation and analysis.
Human resources
In the course of the implementation of its functions of managing the human resources, The Regional Court of Balchik processes personal data of applicants, current and former employees and magistrates of the court as well as contractors in civil contracts. As performing management of human resources, information about the identification of individuals is processed as well as data about their education and qualification, their health, contact details, other data required under special laws, which regulate work and job relationships, tax insurance relationships, accounting, safety precautions and healthy working conditions as well as social matters.
The gathered information is used solely for the above appointed purposes and is provided to third parties only in cases regulated by law. The period of storing data is determined.
Activities providing safe and healthy working conditions are arranged by a contract with the Occupational Health Service institution under Regulation №3 from January, 25th 2008 for the terms and order of performance of the occupational health service authorities.
Financial economics
As performing accounting and in compliance with its legal power, The Regional Court of Balchik processes personal data of magistrates and employees for the payment of their remuneration under employment contracts as well as the remuneration of third parties- executors in contracts conducted for providing goods and services, in cases of payment of obligations on a writ of execution, to the jury, to participants in the judicial process-experts, interpreters, special representatives, witnesses, etc.
The amount of the processed information is proportional to the purpose and comprises data which concerns the physical and economic identity( a bank account number). The access to this information is provided to third parties only when that is explicitly stated in a deliberate enactment.
A period of keeping the information is determined, after which it is a subject to obliteration.
Requirements under the Act of Access to Public Information
Regarding the filing process under the Act of Access to Public Information , information about the physical, economic, social or any other type of identity of persons is processed in accordance with the Law.
Video surveillance
Video surveillance for the purpose of a greater security is provided at the Regional Court of Balchik. Only a few particular employees of The General Directorate of Security services ‘’ Ohrana’’ have access to the data, according to their particular job responsibilities.
Visitors
Personal data processing of visitors is conducted by employees at the General Directorate ‘’ Security of the Judicature’’ institution, who are appointed for doing this activity. The purpose of gathering personal data is the identification of the individuals visiting the building of the Regional Court of Balchik.
Complaints, whistleblowing and other claims, filed at the Regional Court of Balchik
Only personal data related to the particular case is processed. Data, revealed in the course of the processing, can be submitted to third parties only if provided by law.