The Rights to Good Reputation, Privacy and Respect for Personal Data in Canon Law: Before and After the Entry into Force of EU Regulation 2016/679
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19272/201908602001Keywords:
Right to privacy, right to good reputation, personal data, EU regulation, Church autonomy.Abstract
Since the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May 2018, several canonical standards have been promulgated in this area, in particular the general decrees issued by the Italian, Spanish and Polish Bishops’ Conferences. This article examines several aspects of the Regulation and gives a critical study of canonical norms referring to it from a formal and substantial point of view. Following are some constructive conclusions for the future. Beforehand, it traces the formalization of fundamental rights to good reputation and intimacy in the CIC / CCEO as well as the more recent formalization of the native right of the Church to autonomy in this matter.
