The confidential information on the person, determined by the Constitution of Ukraine, is one of the important elements of a legal status of the person and the citizen. The confidential information on the person is one of specific kinds of the information with the limited access. Its legal status is defined by the Law of Ukraine “About the information”, and official interpretation is stated in the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine №5-зп from October, 30, 1997.

The Constitution of Ukraine establishes the main bases of the protection mechanism of the person from intervention in its personal and family lives, the secret of correspondence, telephone conversations, cable and other correspondence in particular is guaranteed. For foreigners and persons without citizenship in Ukraine the national treatment of protection of the specified rights is established. State of health of the person also is switched on to the list of the personal data which are subject to protection.

The activity in sphere of legal regulation of the confidential information on the person still proceeds in Ukraine. So the bill of Ukraine about protection of the personal data, which accepted by the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine in the second reading is prepared, however it is returned from the veto of the President for a cancellation (2006.04.07.).

Performance by the person of public functions provides the certain restrictions on "privacy" of the separate information on it. In any case the list of data which should be disclosed must be stipulated by the legislation (for example, in laws “About public service”, “About the status of the judge», “About the order of election on post and clearing of a post of the professional judge by the Supreme Rada of Ukraine” etc.).