This is not a mere leak from some government office, but also includes a lot of "notes" by local Socialist Party staff that are assigned to "watch over" a small

This is not a mere leak from some government office, but also includes a lot of "notes" by local Socialist Party staff that are assigned to "watch over" a small section of their local population, such as an apartment block or similar. The database contains details such as did this person vote for the Socialist Party, what kind of leverage do they have on him (govt jobs, business licenses, jobs of parents or kids), are they part of the diaspora, do they have foreign income, etc. There was a huge scandal about it a year or two ago, called the "patronazhist" scandal. You can read more here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/04/16/albania-prosecutors-investigate-over-socialist-party-big-brother/ https://balkaninsight.com/2021/04/16/albania-prosecutors-inv... The big issue is how the Socialist Party essentially organized the whole collection of this data neighborhood by neighborhood in a hierarchical fashion, it's very similar to a mafia franchise. A neighborhood party member reports to the larger district, who reports to the city official, who reports higher up all the way to the Prime Minister.