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The Right to Be Forgotten and Apostasy in the Catholic Church
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The article analyzes the relationship between the autonomy and independence of the Catholic Church and the right to the protection of personal data, with particular emphasis on the issue of the so-called “right to be forgotten” in the context of apostasy. The scope of admissibility of deleting sacramental data from church registers is presented. The author points out that, despite a formal act of leaving the Church, baptismal data cannot be erased due to their permanent theological character and the doctrinal significance of the sacrament. The article also discusses the limited jurisdiction of the President of the Personal Data Protection Office over ecclesiastical data controllers, referring to the constitutional principle of the Church’s autonomy (Article 25(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland) and the existence of an independent Church Data Protection Officer. The author argues that the Catholic Church, as a data controller, exercises the right to apply its own internal regulations, which results in significant limitations on the implementation of the right to erasure of data in cases of apostasy.
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personal data protection, Catholic Church, apostasy, Church autonomy, right to be forgotten, sacramental dataMost read articles by the same author(s)
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