Protection of the personal data of witnesses and injured parties during court sessions

In the Republic of Moldova and Romania, the protection of personal data of injured parties and witnesses must be understood and viewed as a unitary whole in the support given to them. Courts must adopt clear rules and regulations regarding both the confidentiality and the protection of personal data of injured parties and witnesses. The new General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive provide an up-to-date legal framework based on the responsibility for data protection.It aims to create a unitary framework for the protection of personal data, and of injured parties and witnesses, during court hearings. They need to be given more rights and facilities to control their own data and therefore more obligations and responsibilities for the courts that manage data in the course of court hearings.