15.05.2024 DECISION PPN-01-604/2023/ OF THE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA - HIGHER ADVOCATE COUNCIL fined BGN 5,000 for unlawful processing of personal data.

At the request of Adv. Raina Avramova meetings of the HIGHER ADVOCATE COUNCIL /VAdvS/ in connection with the application of the LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA, the COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA /KZLD/ in its reasons in Decision No. PPN-01-604/2023/ dated 14.05.2024. has accepted that the processing of personal data by the VAdvS was carried out in violation of the principles of legality, good faith and transparency under Article 5. $1, b. "a" of Regulation 2016/679, insofar as the distribution of information about the EGN identifier is in principle prohibited on the basis of Art. 25g, para. 1 of the Personal Data Protection Act, and its disclosure through publication to a potentially unlimited circle of third parties, without preventive or suspensive measures being taken, is in bad faith and non-transparent in relation to the data subject. The VAdVS is the controller of personal data within the meaning of Art. 4, 7) of the Regulation - a legal entity based on Art. 118 of the Law on the Bar, which independently determines the purposes and means of processing. On the basis of Art. 58, $ 2, "d" of Regulation 2016/697, the personal data administrator VAdVS is ordered to bring the rules for the protection of personal data in line with the provisions of the regulation, introducing clear and specific duties of the official on data protection in connection with personal data processing activities when publishing information on the website https://www.vas.bg. A property sanction of BGN 5,000 was also imposed.

13.03.2024 The child of the beaten woman from Bobov dol is also a victim of domestic violence

A video with a scene of domestic violence went around the Internet, and the footage shows a man beating his wife in Bobov dol. According to reports, the couple's child filmed the scenes between his parents. "She says that she wants her husband to be released and to live his life. This is due either to the fear that after the proceedings are over and he has served his punishments he will seek revenge, or she still feels strong emotional feelings," commented lawyer Raina Avramova in the studio of "Bulgaria morning".

24.01.2024 Dispute over parental rights, aggression and death - why did it come to the murder of Peyo? Adv. Raina Avramova and psychotherapist Niki Markov pointed out that men are less likely to report that they are victims of violence

Raina Avramova added that men rarely turn to the court for immediate protection and a restraining order. "The men in the show are the breadwinners of the family and don't want to be seen as weak. It's not true that immediate protection orders are issued slowly, it happens in 24 hours. We have judges on duty and I have received such an order for threats via Viber messages on Christmas. When there are reasonable doubts that the life, health of the victim is in danger, the court issues them. Only on the basis of declarations it does not issue them, they are then used in cases for parental rights, which does not honor the persons who do it ", the family law attorney added. "

04.08.2023 "Raina Avramova: I don't want to think that the Istanbul Convention is being introduced through the back door, but that's how it sounds. The place for the protection of persons in an intimate relationship is in the Criminal Code, not in the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, the lawyer believes"

"Raina Avramova: I don't want to think that the Istanbul Convention is being introduced through the back door, but that's how it sounds. The place for the protection of persons in an intimate relationship is in the Criminal Code, not in the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, the lawyer believes"

02.08.2023 "Politicians start revising laws when there is public pressure," commented lawyer Raina Avramova on the air of "BNT" regarding the case of the 18-year-old girl disfigured with a dummy knife. According to her, any hasty revision brings with it negatives.

"Politicians start revising laws when there is public pressure," commented lawyer Raina Avramova on the air of "BNT" regarding the case of the 18-year-old girl disfigured with a dummy knife. According to her, any hasty revision brings with it negatives. "Amendments to the Penal Code /NC/ should not only be related to increasing the amount of the punishment, but should be supplemented with additional types of crimes - this could be torture, gagging, humiliating the person," she explained.