Dissertation Title: CYBER CRIMES AND PRIVACY LAW

Author: Iris PEKMEZI

• Institution: University of Tirana,  Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law

• Field of study: Law

• Publication date: 09.01.2026

• The dissertation is published in Albanian.

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ABSTRACT

In conditions where the technological developments of the time are reflecting negative aspects as much as positive ones,
also positive, the treatment of crimes in the field of cybernetics and the violation of the right to privacy
of them constitutes a priority for substantive and procedural criminal law, national
and international. In this perspective, this dissertation aims to provide a reflection
detailed criminal offenses in the field of cybernetics, privacy law, as well as
the legal and practical relationship created between them. In fulfilling this purpose, in the content
of the dissertation deals with the social context and codification of cybercrime, data
official statistics on cybercrime in Albania, including INSTAT data,
General Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of Justice, legal and institutional framework
of crimes in the field of cybernetics and privacy law, legal-criminal analysis
material of criminal offenses in the field of cybernetics, where a special focus is given to offenses
criminal offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and systems
computer, as criminal offenses that protect the right to privacy, electronic evidence in
criminal process, as an extremely important procedural element as well as one that has not been elaborated in
practice, as well as a detailed overview of privacy law, including an analysis of
its constituent components, the protection guaranteed through criminal sanctions, the infringement
its role in Albanian current affairs, as well as the treatment that national jurisprudence, that of the ECHR
and the ECJ has done over the years to protect the right to privacy.

KEYWORDS:
Criminal offenses in the field of cybernetics; Criminal offenses against confidentiality,
integrity and availability of data and computer systems; Criminal offenses
related to computers; Criminal offences of a racist and xenophobic nature committed
through computer systems; Offences relating to child pornography; Offences
criminal proceedings related to the violation of copyright and other related rights;
Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings; Right to privacy

 

ABSTRACT
In the circumstances where technological developments of the time are reflected
negative as well as positive aspects, the treatment of crimes in the field of cybercrime and the
infringement of the right to privacy by them constitutes a priority for material and procedural
criminal law, national and international. In this regard, this dissertation aims to bring a
detailed overview of the criminal offenses in the field of cybersetics, the right to privacy, as
well as the legal and practical report created between them. In fulfillment of this goal, the
dissertation contains the social context and codification of cybercrime, official data on cyber
crimes in Albania, including data from INSTAT, General Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of
Justice, legal and institutional framework of crimes in the field of cybernetics and the law
to privacy, Legal – Criminal material analysis of criminal offenses in the cyber field, where
a particular focus takes criminal offenses against confidentiality, integrity and availability of
data and computer systems, as criminal offenses that protect the right to privacy, electronic
evidence in the criminal process, as an important procedural element as well as unworked
in practice, as well as a detailed picture of the right to privacy, including the analysis of
its component components, protection guaranteed through criminal sanctions, its violation of
Albanian current affairs, as well as the treatment that national jurisprudence, that of the ECHR
and the ECJ has done over the years the right to privacy.

KEYWORDS:
Criminal acts in the area of ​​cyberbullying; Criminal acts against the confidentiality,
integrity and availability of data and computer systems; Computer-related offenses; Criminal
offenses of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems; Acts related
to pornography of minors; Criminal offenses related to violation of copyright and other related
rights; Electronic evidence in the criminal proceedings; Right to privacy