(1) Particulars on the signature sheet relating to the elector and to the person who collects the signatures shall not be public, and no copies shall be made thereof with the exception of the technical records kept by the body verifying the signatures for the purpose of establishing whether the signatures are valid or not.

(2) Particulars relating to the elector and to the person collecting the signatures, and the technical records, may only be verified by the election bodies and the county courts.

(3) The organisers shall destroy the non-submitted signature sheets within three days after the expiry of the deadline for their submission, and shall make a record of it. The record shall be handed over to the local election commission within three days.

(4) The signature sheets submitted and the technical records shall be destroyed by the local election office between the thirtieth and the forty-fifth day after the day on which the number of the valid signatures was determined.

(5) Personal data relating to the organiser shall be treated by the election bodies and the county courts for the purpose of, verifying the entitlement to the submission of the initiative, and of liaising. These data – with the exception of the data published under section 37 – shall be deleted

a) between the thirty-fifth and the fortieth day after the date mentioned in paragraphs a)-e) of subsection (1) of section 38,

b) within five days after the adjudgment of the legal remedy where the legal remedy submitted was related to the prohibition specified in subsection (2) of section 38, or

c) within five days after that the resolution ordering the holding of the referendum has become legally final.