Dostęp do informacji publicznej a ochrona prywatności na tle aktualnego orzecznictwa sądów administracyjnych
Access to Public Information and Protecion of Privacy under the Current Case Law of the Administrative Courts

Summary/Abstract: The confl ict between the right to privacy and transparency of public information is inevitable, andthe case law of the Polish courts administration in this regard clearly indicates the primacy of transparencyof the functioning of public authorities and persons holding public offi ce. However, thisleads to mindless — and in most cases, deprived of a higher purpose — invasion of privacy of publicoffi cials and other employees of the public sector. In extreme cases, it may also jeopardize thesmooth operation of the state and the safety of its offi cers distorting the purpose and nature of thisform of social control. The article discusses the current posts of Polish administrative courts in regardof the confl ict of right to public information and the right to privacy.

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