Article 2. Material scope
(1) This Law applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system.
(2) This Law does not apply to the processing of personal data:
- a) classified as state secrets, carried out in accordance with Law No. 245/2008 on State Secrets and to the extent necessary and proportionate for the protection of national security and defence;
- b) by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity;
- c) by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security;
- d) concerning deceased persons, except in the case provided for in art. 52.
(3) This Law shall be without prejudice to the provisions of Law No. 284/2004 on Information Society Services, in particular the rules on the liability of service providers and intermediaries laid down in art. 14–17 of that Law.