Criminal law protection of personal data – Italy’s approach

Abstract

The article examines the corpus delicti of crimes provided for in the latest wording of Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, which complies with the requirements of the General Regulation on Personal Data Protection. Attention is also given to the evolution that the regulation of criminal law protection of personal data has undergone since the first regulatory act in this field was adopted in Italy. Different views are presented on the separate aspects of the regulation of criminal law protection of personal data and the need for introduction of a modern and adequate criminal law protection of personal data in Bulgaria.