Lithuania
Language of privacy
The is no general definition of privacy in Lithuanian law but it refers to such concepts as “private life”, “private and family life” (Constitution, Article 22), “right to private life and its secrecy” (Civil Code, Article 2.23), “inviolability of private life” (Law on Rights of Patients of and Compensations of the Damage, Article 10), and „confidentiality of information“ (Law on Ethics of Biomedical Research, Article 9). It is important to note that Lithuanian Civil Code in addition to the right to private life and its secrecy describes three other rights that are still related to privacy discourse but fall under different articles of the Code. Namely, a person has a “right to an image” (Article 2.22), “right of inviolability and integrity of the body” (Article 2.25), and “protection of personal reputation and dignity” (Article 2.24). The fact that there is multitude of related concepts referring to different aspects of privacy may indicate that no attempts were made in Lithuanian law to unify all these aspects under a single concept of “Privacy”.
Eurobarometer
- Directorate General Press and Communication (2005) Social values, science and Technology (Special Eurobarometer 225/ Wave 63.1). EC Directorate General Research. Relevant questions: Q15.a.3, Q17.
- Gaskell, George et al (2006) European and Biotechnology in 2005: Patterns and Trends (Eurobarometer 64.3). London, London School of Economics. A report to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research. Relevant question: Q5.3.
Relevant Interests Expressed by the Public
No direct public attitudes surveys for Lithuania were indicated.
Relevant publication of Lithuanian authors addressing privacy issues in health context and protection of personal data
- Civilka, M., Barasnevičiūtė, R. Asmens duomenų apsauga ir privatumas: sąveika su informacinės visuomenės aktualijomis. Justitia 2007. No.4 (66)
- Jovaišas, K. Informacijos apie žmogaus privatų gyvenimą rinkimo teisėtumo kriterijai. Teisės problemos. 2004, No. 2.
- Kucinskas, V., Steponaviciute, D., Andrulionis, G. The value of free and informed consent in
personalising medicine (review). Acta Medica Lituanica. 2005. Volume 12 No. 4. P. 1–12 - Virbickas, K. Asmens teisės į privataus gyvenimo apsaugos aktualijos. http://www.vtvk.lt/index.php?n=458&l=lt
- Vaitkeviciene, R. The employee also has the right to privacy. Justitia. 2008. Volume 2. P. 51-66.
- Vaitkeviciene, R. Attention! Excessive personal data. Justitia. 2008. Volume 1. P. 14-26.
- Ziobiene, E. Informacijos apie privatų asmens gyvenimą apsauga. (2003). Doctoral thesis, M. Romeris University, Vilnius.
- Teisė į privataus gyvenimo neliečiamumą: situacijos įvertinimas. Žmogaus teisių stebėjimo institutas, 2004-2008.
- Stanciute, D., Chvatovic, G., Didziapetriene, J., Suziedelis, K., Valuckas K.P. Biobanko įkūrimo principai. Sveikatos mokslai, 2008, 5(59).
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