Justice Ministry on personal data mass download: no cause for concern
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
30.08.2016 14:51
The Ministry of Justice has spoken out to calm concerns about a massive personal data download from Poland's national identification number database by five bailiff offices.
Ministry of Justice. Photo: Lukas Plewnia via Wikimedia Commons
"It has not been found so far that there was any misuse of the data from the national identification number system. There is no reason for concern," said Ministry of Justice spokesman Sebastian Kaleta on Tuesday.
The security of the national identification number database is being examined by IT experts, while the download of data is investigated for potential irregularities by the Public Prosecutor’s Office as well as district courts.
Although bailiff offices are authorized to download personal data from the national identification number database, concerns were sparked by the sheer amount of downloads, with one office having collected the data of more than 800,000 people since March 2015 alone. (mol/pk)
Source: PAP