PERSONAL DATA, SECRET DATA AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE PRESS TOWARDS INFORMATION

U radu se analiziraju pravne situacije do kojih dolazi u okviru relacija između triju pitanja: tajnosti podataka, zaštite osobnih podataka i prava novinara na pristup informaciji. Iznijete su i osnovne odrednice aktualne radne verzije Nacrta prijedloga zakona o zaštiti osobnih podataka. Predlažu se mjerila rješavanja sukoba između pravom zaštićenih interesa povezanih sa spomenutim pitanjima.The author of the text analyses legal situations caused by relations among three questions: secrecy of data, protection of personal data and the right of the press to access to information. First, principal legal elements of the analysis (within the framework of the constitutional provisions and international agreements and laws) at the level of basic information are presented. Main characteristics o f a real situation are described by typical cases of “information draught” and manipulation of personal data. Principal guidelines of the working version of the Draft Proposal of the Protection of Personal Data Act, relevant at the time of writing the text, are mentioned. In conclusion, measures for the solution of the conflict of legally protected interests connected with the three above-mentioned questions are proposed. In this connection, different legal significance of the questions under consideration is taken into account: the right of the press to access to information and the right to protection of personal data are constitutional rights, while the protection of secrecy of data is not. General criteria for the test of prevalence between the mentioned constitutional rights are suggested as well