(1) The data of the voter and the citizen gathering signatures recorded in the signature gathering form shall not be public, copying them shall be forbidden, with the exception of copying for technical records kept for establishing the validity of signatures by the organ verifying signatures.

(2) The data of the voter and the citizen gathering signatures, and the technical records may be verified only by the election bodies and the regional court.

(3) The organisers shall within three days after the expiry of the time limit for submission destroy the signature gathering forms not submitted, and shall draw up minutes of doing so. The minutes shall be handed over to the local election office within three days.

(4) The local election office shall destroy the signature gathering forms submitted and the technical records between the thirtieth and the forty-fifth day after the date on which the number of valid signatures was established.

(5) Personal data of the organiser shall be processed by the election bodies and the regional court for verifying eligibility to the submission of the initiative and for communication; with the exception of the data published under section 37, these data shall be deleted

a) between the thirty-fifth and the fortieth day after the date referred to in section 38 (1) a) to e), or

b) within five days after the adjudication of respective application if legal remedy is sought relating to the prohibition under section 38 (2), or

c) within five days after the date on which the resolution ordering the referendum becomes final and binding.