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NATIONAL SECURITY AND SECRET SURVEILLANCE MEASURES IN THE CONTEXT OFTIIE RIGIITS TO PROTECT PRIVACY IN THE JtDICATURES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IN POLAND

ABSTRACT

This paper shows the conflict betwecn two values protected in every democratic country by constitutional law. On the one hand, the right to privacy and on the other hand the competeneies of the State to ensure the security of its citizens eg. by using secret surveillance measures. There-forc, it is necessary to seek an appropriate balance between these two standards protected by law based on selected judicatures of the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland, and the regulations of the Council of Europę and the Kuropean Union.

Key words: the right to privacy, law enforcement, access to Internet data, the security of the State