Data Protection Regulations: Overview
of the Romanian Legislation
and Deficiencies
Elena Lazar and Dragos Nicolae Costescu
1 Introduction
1.1 Subject-Matter, Purpose and Scope of the Present Report
The object of this paper is an in-depth study and analysis of the current legal
framework in the field of data protection, with the intention of showing to what
extent an appropriate level of protection is achieved compared to the provided
European level of protection. The correct regulation, interpretation and application
of European data protection legal norms by all member states, including Romania, is
not possible if they are not known and well understood. By European data protection
norms we understand both Directives (that need to be transposed in the national
legislation) and Regulations (directly applicable at national level). Taking into
account the fact that the current Romanian framework on Data Protection is quite
recent, it should be interpreted in the light of the national and European case law.
1
The paper also seeks to highlight the practical effects of the entry into force, the
European normative framework, which is much more developed than it appears at a
first glance.
E. Lazar (*) · D. N. Costescu (*)
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
e-mail: lazar.elena@drept.unibuc.ro; dragos@bnpa.ro
1 See Custers et al. (2017).
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D. Moura Vicente, S. de Vasconcelos Casimiro (eds.), Data Protection in the
Internet, Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law 38,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28049-9_12
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of the Romanian Legislation
and Deficiencies
Elena Lazar and Dragos Nicolae Costescu
1 Introduction
1.1 Subject-Matter, Purpose and Scope of the Present Report
The object of this paper is an in-depth study and analysis of the current legal
framework in the field of data protection, with the intention of showing to what
extent an appropriate level of protection is achieved compared to the provided
European level of protection. The correct regulation, interpretation and application
of European data protection legal norms by all member states, including Romania, is
not possible if they are not known and well understood. By European data protection
norms we understand both Directives (that need to be transposed in the national
legislation) and Regulations (directly applicable at national level). Taking into
account the fact that the current Romanian framework on Data Protection is quite
recent, it should be interpreted in the light of the national and European case law.
1
The paper also seeks to highlight the practical effects of the entry into force, the
European normative framework, which is much more developed than it appears at a
first glance.
E. Lazar (*) · D. N. Costescu (*)
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
e-mail: lazar.elena@drept.unibuc.ro; dragos@bnpa.ro
1 See Custers et al. (2017).
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
D. Moura Vicente, S. de Vasconcelos Casimiro (eds.), Data Protection in the
Internet, Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law 38,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28049-9_12
285