Photo: Victoria Muntean
MP Veronika Brychag drew attention to the consequences that the dissemination of photos, videos or personal information can have on people’s lives.
“An increasingly alarming phenomenon is the large number of cases of publishing personal data on social networks. Today, a photo, video or information distributed irresponsibly can affect a person’s reputation, professional life and even the safety of children,” the MP said.
The center’s report states that in 2025, 163 cases of personal data disclosure on social media platforms were registered. The MP demanded clarification on the tools of prompt response that the institution has at its disposal, as well as whether the current legislative framework is sufficient to protect citizens from online abuse.
“Monitoring of social networks is impossible.”
Victoria Muntean, the center’s director, explained that the institution can only react on the basis of complaints filed by personal data subjects.
“We all see on a daily basis that an extremely large amount of personal data, images and sometimes even documents are published on social networks. The Center considers the complaints of data subjects on these issues when there is a real risk to the individual, and this is determined even at a preliminary stage, based on the nature of the circumstances complained about,” the head of the institution explained.
According to her, the Center analyzes each case based on the real risks to which a person may be exposed.
“If a copy of an ID card or the exact address of an individual’s residence, where children also live, is published on a social network, there is indeed a risk for the entire family,” she emphasized.
At the same time, she acknowledged that constant monitoring of social media is not possible in the current environment of the institution.
“In general, it is impossible to study social networks and analyze what personal data is published. It is absolutely unrealistic, especially in the current conditions of the Center’s work,” concluded Victoria Munteanu.
Millions of anonymous accesses
Another problem identified was the extremely high number of accesses to personal data by law enforcement agencies. As previously wrote Logos Press, in 2025, the structures of the Ministry of the Interior carried out 32.9 million accesses to state information systems with personal data – registers of population, real estate, transportation, drivers and legal entities. This is almost 5 million more than in the previous year. The Information and Security Service (ISS) increased the number of accesses from 140,000 to more than half a million.
“Out of more than 30 million accesses by the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 26 million were carried out through the old system, in which it is impossible to establish who exactly accessed the data, and in the ISS such accesses account for 90%. What kind of protection can we even talk about?” said MP Ion Kiku.
