In order to protect citizens’ private data, however, some countries have introduced restrictions concerning the public access to voter lists. In the Czech Republic, Hungary and Serbia, for instance, the laws prohibit the public display of personal data and/or do not provide for public scrutiny of the voter lists. Voters are only allowed to verify their own personal data, there. Apart from checking their own records, in Germany, the inspection of other voter’s data must be justified on very specific grounds. Following a reform in 2001, the electoral register is no longer publicly accessible for everyone to inspect.