Data Advocacy for Lithuania
As a member of the European Union, Lithuania has implemented the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. Lithuania passed the Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data on 11 June 1996 (Data Protection Law), which has been amended on 17 July 2000, 22 January 2002 and 21 January 2003 in order to transpose the provisions from the Directive. The latest modifications to the Data Protection Law came into effect on 1 January 2017. The amendments are relatively small and insignificant as the industry is currently in expectation of the General Data Protection Regulation. Enforcement is carried out by the State Data Protection Inspectorate (DPI).
In addition, Lithuania has fully transposed the Directive 2006/24/EC (the Data Retention Directive) into national law through the Law on Electronic Communications dated 15 April 2004 (Electronic Communications Law, latest amendments will come into effect on 1 May 2017). The Electronic Communications Law regulates protection of privacy in the area of electronic communications.
Please note that the data retention requirements (6 months in Lithuania) were transposed into the relevant local laws from the Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks) which was declared invalid by the CJEU by its decision of 8 April 2014 (Judgment in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12).
The DPI has issued only a limited number of guidelines on particular data protection issues. Opinions and recommendations of the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party are often followed by the DPI and Lithuanian courts while interpreting abstract provisions of the Data Protection Law.
The State Data Protection Inspectorate (Valstybin duomen apsaugos inspekcija in Lithuanian, website available here http://ada.lt/)
Address:
Juozapaviiaus str. 6
LT-09310 Vilnius Lithuania
T +370 5 279 1445
F +370 5 261 9494
Under the legislation of Lithuania the organisations (data controllers) have a right (but not an obligation) to designate a person to be responsible for the data protection (‘Data Protection Officer’). The data controller must notify the Inspectorate of appointment or withdrawal of the data protection officer within 30 days.
In addition, if no data protection officer is appointed, the CEO of the data controller will be ex officio deemed responsible for data protection compliance and will be also personally liable for any legal violations of the Data Protection Law.
In practice, the DPI seldom initiates investigations without a complaint from a data subject or other interested party.
Under the Electronic Communications Law, publicly available electronic communications services providers must notify the DPI of any personal data breach without delay. The provider must also notify the individual of such breach where it is likely to adversely affect their personal data or privacy.
There is no statutory requirement to inform the DPI or other state institutions about past non-compliance.
Opt-in regime: no direct marketing electronic mail can be legally sent without the express consent of the receiver, unless a pre-existing business or commercial relationship exists. (Consent is however not mandated for marketing to legal persons.)
Also, a specific opt out must be offered with each message. Disguised sender identities are prohibited, and a valid return address must be provided.
The term “Opt-Out Rule” means that the sending of e-marketing to the recipient is permitted on an opt-out basis if:
- the recipient’s details were originally collected “in the context of a sale”.
- the entity sending the marketing is the same legal entity that collected the recipient’s details initially.
- the marketing relates to “similar” products and/or services for which the recipient’s details were originally obtained.
- the recipient is given the opportunity free of charge to object to the e-marketing, both at the time their details were collected and in each subsequent communication.
Applicable Legislation:
Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data 1996
Law on Electronic Communications 2004
Law on Advertising 2000
First party e-marketing
(entity that collects the data will send the e-marketing itself)
B2C: Opt-in. Opt-out permitted where Opt-Out Rule applies.
B2B: Opt-in. Opt-out permitted where Opt-Out Rule applies
Third party e-marketing
(entity that collects the data will share with third party partner for e-marketing)
B2C: Opt-in
B2B: Opt-in.
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