Right to deletion

Advocate General Medina addressed the interplay between EU data protection regulations and company law concerning the public disclosure of personal data in company registers. The case involves the refusal by Bulgaria’s Registration Agency to erase personal data from a company’s constitutive instrument, published in the commercial register. The AG emphasized that the agency must balance data protection rights with legal transparency obligations. The opinion underscored the need for procedural safeguards to protect personal data while ensuring necessary public access to company information.