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Detective services
Private detective services comprise the collection, processing and forwarding of data and information and the provision of advice on crime prevention and, as required by clients, are performed by a private detective licensed and qualified under the Private Detective Services Act to do so.
Applies for SKD:
- Investigation activities N80.300
Conditions
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Applicants who wish to pursue this activity must register the business activity, and have the appropriate legal status.
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A private detective may collect information on:
- persons who are missing or in hiding and the perpetrators of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage;
- anonymous letters and the authors and senders thereof;
- debtors and their property;
- missing or lost objects;
- evidence and facts required for the protection or proof of the rights and entitlements of a client before courts, other judicial authorities, and other authorities or organisations deciding on such rights in proceedings;
- compliance with competition prohibitions and non-competition clauses;
- the performance and business operations of business entities;
- criminal offences prosecuted by private actions and the perpetrators thereof;
- violations of the right to sick leave owing to illness or injury, violations of the exercise of the right to have employment-related travel expenses refunded, violations concerning alcohol and illicit drug abuse at work, and other disciplinary violations and violators.
A private detective can act as a process server and serve letters and other items on the addressee. When the service of process is governed by special regulations, a private detective must comply with the requirements in accordance with these regulations.
A private detective can provide advice to natural and legal persons on crime prevention.
A private detective can plan and effect measures to protect business secrets, information systems, and economic and personal data and information.
A private detective can exercise the entitlements conferred upon him or her by other Acts.
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Prior to and at all times during the performance of private detective services, a legal or natural person must have damage liability insurance for any damage that may be suffered by a client or a third party as a result of the performance of private detective services.
The sum insured may not be less than EUR 42,000 for individual insured events or EUR 84,000 for all insured events in the year of insurance.
The insurance referred to in paragraph one of this Article must cover liability for the actions of all persons performing private detective services.
Evidence
An insurance contract entered into in the Republic of Slovenia or in a Contracting State, provided that this insurance contract covers damage caused in the Republic of Slovenia.
Legal basis
Administrator of Legislation
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A private detective shall perform private detective services solely on the basis of a written authorisation stating the type of information he or she is collecting, the purpose of collecting information, and the scope of the authorisation. If a contract is concluded between a private detective and his or her client, such an authorisation must be an annex thereto.
A client may only transfer to a private detective rights that he or she actually possesses.
Evidence
The original of the written authorisation
Legal basis