Albania: Alarm over indications of personal data breach, election campaign violations
The Albanian authorities should, without any further delay, determine whether the ruling party obtained Tirana voters’ personal data from government registries, Transparency International said today. The Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) must also urgently investigate whether the incumbent party abused state resources for securing a win during Sunday’s parliamentary election. On 11 April, an Albanian media portal published a database containing personal data and private information of 910,000 individuals, allegedly maintained by the country’s ruling