The access to an individual’s personal file, as well as to documents and information that refer to the respective person, is permitted to any Romanian or foreign citizen who has held Romanian citizenship after 1945, and to any EU or NATO national, and implies the direct study of the file and the issuing of related copies. A person, subject of a file from which it results that he/she have been under Securitate surveillance, has the right, upon request, to find out the identity of the Securitate employees and collaborators who have contributed with information to the completion of the file. Beneficiaries of these rights are the surviving spouse and relatives, up to the fourth grade, of the deceased person or their legal heirs.

CNSAS releases copies of the documents produced by the former Securitate on the name of the person regardless of the nature or technical support when requested by the entitled person. Copies of documents that might affect the privacy of third parties are released only after the information has been blacked out by the CNSAS specialized personnel. Romanian and foreign researchers have access to the CNSAS archive on the condition of their prior accreditation by the Collegium of CNSAS. After being accredited, a researcher is entitled to obtain copies of archival documents on condition that the right to privacy of the people mentioned in that file is observed. Non-compliance with these legal provisions can attract civil, criminal, administrative or disciplinary responsibility for the CNSAS employees as well as for those who have had direct contact with the documents.

As mentioned above, numerous publications edited by the former Securitate, as well as various publications edited by the Romanian Communist Party, are uploaded regularly on the official website of CNSAS and can be downloaded free of charge by researchers or the interested persons.