The right to the protection of personal data is not an absolute right; it must be considered in relation to its function in society and be balanced against other fundamental rights, in accordance with the principle of proportionality.
Ní ceart glan é an ceart go ndéanfaí sonraí pearsanta a chosaint; ní mór é a mheas i bhfianaise na feidhme atá aige sa tsochaí agus é a chothromú i gcoinne cearta bunúsacha eile, i gcomhréir le prionsabal na comhréireachta.