OCHRONA INFORMACJI W INSTYTUCJACH FINANSOWYCH. INSTYTUCJE I PODMIOTY FINANSOWE REALIZUJąCE OCHRONĘ INFORMACJI – ZARYS PROBLEMATYKI

Issues relating to the protection of information were in Poland for many years underestimated by financial institutions, al-though the right to privacy was guaranteed in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950, the Convention has been ratified by Poland on 15 December 1992 In art. 8 of the said Conven-tion refers to rotecting the privacy of individuals: «Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence». One of the elements of privacy listed in this document and in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights is the financial and economic situation of the individual and legal entity. With in its framework are customer relations with financial institutions and hence the apparent need to protect information concerning these relations.