Article 1(2) and (3) of Legea nr. 506/2004 privind prelucrarea datelor cu caracter personal și protecția vieții private în sectorul comunicațiilor electronice (Law No 506/2004 on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector) of 17 November 2004 (Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, No 1101 of 25 November 2004) states: ‘2. The provisions of this Law shall apply to the processing of personal data in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services on public electronic communications networks, including public communications networks supporting data collection and identification devices. 3. The provisions of this Law shall be supplemented by the provisions of Legea nr. 677/2001 pentru protecția persoanelor cu privire la prelucrarea datelor cu caracter personal și libera circulație a acestor date [(Law No 677/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data) of 21 November 2001 (Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, No 790 of 12 December 2001)].’