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Abstract
On 22 May 2019, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional Article 58 bis (1). This provision, incorporated into Organic Law 5/1985, of 19, June on the General Electoral System by Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights was appealed by the Ombudsman. The unconstitutionality of article 58 bis is based on a triple violation of the right to data protection in connection with article 53.1 of the Constitution: the absence of a defined purpose that justifies interference in the right to data protection, the lack of clear limits and the legislator’s failure to regulate an adequate framework of guarantees.