[1737] Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, available at http://www.saeima.lv/LapasEnglish/Constitution_Saturs.htm.
[1738] Constitutional Law, The Rights and Obligations of a Citizen and a Person, 1991.
[1739] E-mail from S. Plumina, Director, Data State Inspection of the Republic of Latvia, to Cédric Laurant; Policy Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). (On file with EPIC.)
[1740] Id. As of July 2002, 7,613 personal data processing systems had been registered under the Act.
[1741] Id. As of July 2003, 35 complaints had been received.
[1742] Id.
[1743] E-mail from Ms. Signe Plumina, Director of State Data Inspection, Latvia, to Sarah Andrews, Research Director, EPIC, June 7, 2002 (on file with EPIC).
[1744] E-mail from S. Plumina, id.
[1745] "Latvia's Contribution to the Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia's Progress Towards Accession (National Progress Report)," June 2002, available at http://www.am.gov.lv/files/e/national_progress_report_2002.pdf.
[1746] "Europa - Enlargement: The Phare Program," available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargment/pas/phare/.
[1747] Agenda and meeting notes available at Central and Eastern Europe Data Protection Authorities Web Site http://www.ceecprivacy.org/main.php?s=1.
[1748] "Latvia's Parliament passes law on ID cards and new passports," Baltic News Service, May 23, 2002.
[1749] International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, "Human Rights in the OSCE Region: The Balkans, the Caucasus, Europe, Central Asia and North America," Report 2002 (events 2001), available at http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/AR2002/country%20links/Latvia.htm.
[1750] "Latvian Constitutional Court opens first case at claim by private individual," Baltic News Service, July 18, 2001.
[1751] Human Rights in Latvia in 2002, Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies, Riga, Latvia, March 2003, http://www.politika.lv/polit_real/files/lv/LCESC2002en.pdf, p. 16.
[1752] "European human rights court to consider ex-military family's case as first from Latvia," Baltic News Service, April 30, 2001.
[1753] Human Rights in Latvia in 2002, supra, p. 16.
[1754] Id. at 16.
[1755] Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community Framework for Electronic Signatures, Official Journal L 013, January 19, 2000, at 0012 - 0020, available at http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31999L0093&model=guichett.
[1756] Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on Certain Legal Aspects of Information Society Services, in Particular Electronic Commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce'), Official Journal L 178, July 17, 2000, at 0001 - 0016, available at http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32000L0031&model=guichett.
[1757] "Latvia's Contribution to the Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia's Progress Towards Accession (National Progress Report)," supra.
[1758] "Swedish-Latvian justice, interior affairs agreements signed," Baltic News Service, January 31, 2002.
[1759] Criminal Code of Latvia, Art. 132.
[1760] Criminal Procedure Code of Latvia, Articles 168, 176, 176.1.
[1761] "Latvian Mobile Telephone Operators to Pay for Tapping Facilities," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, April 5, 2001.
[1762] "Defense Ministry Issues a Statement in Response to Reports of Bugging," Latvian Radio, Riga; November 16, 1995, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 20, 1995.
[1763] BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, April 16, 1994.
[1764] United States Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001, March 2002, available at http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eur/8279.htm.
[1765] Signed February 10, 1995; ratified July 26, 1996; entered into force July 26, 1996.
[1766] Signed October 31, 2000; ratified May 30, 2001; entered into force September 1, 2001.