Policy Observatory
Romanian Constitutional Court declared unconstituional the law on registering prepay sim card users and public Wi-Fi users
On 16 September 2014, the Romanian Constitutional Court declared the law on registering prepay sim card users and public Wi-Fi users unconstitutional. After being adopted in an emergency procedure, several NGOs put pressure on decision makers (including in a letter addressed to the President) to declare this law unconstitutional signaling the serious infringements on private life. The law was brought to the Constitutional Court by the Ombudsman and ApTI together with AADOR-CH intervened via an amicus curiae. in the last 3 years, this law is the 4th attempt to adopt such legislation in Romania.
Country: Romania
Domains: Privacy
Stakeholder: Government
Tags: case law, privacy, prepay sim cards, unconstitutional