The article focuses on legal and practical aspects of private detective services in the Slovak Republic (further Slovakia). The article is divided into two parts. The first part is theoretical and provides the reader with a description of the legal environment in Slovakia and explains its impact on private detective services. The section devoted to legal aspects deals with the legal environment codifying the activities of private detectives, in particular persons conducting searches but also operators of private detective services—entrepreneurs providing their clients with a specific product—information. The part which deals with practical aspects discusses development and current situation in the field of private detective services in Slovakia while this part is focused on the number of private detective service operators and their share on the private security market in Slovakia and on the findings of research which was conducted among operators of private detective services. The research aimed at supplementing information about developments in private security and identifying problems encountered by operators of private detective services. The data for the processing of the practical part were obtained by questionnaire research and interviews as well as from publicly available statistical data in the field of private security.

本文重点介绍斯洛伐克共和国（进一步斯洛伐克）的私人侦探服务的法律和实践问题。文章分为两个部分。第一部分是理论性的，向读者介绍了斯洛伐克的法律环境，并说明了其对私人侦探服务的影响。专门针对法律方面的部分涉及整理私人侦探活动的法律环境，特别是进行搜查的人员，还包括私人侦探服务的经营者（企业家为客户提供特定产品的信息）。涉及实践方面的部分讨论了斯洛伐克私家侦探服务领域的发展和现状，而本部分则侧重于私家侦探服务运营商的数量及其在斯洛伐克私安市场上的份额以及研究结果。这是在私人侦探服务运营商之间进行的。该研究旨在补充有关私人安全发展的信息，并确定私人侦探服务运营商遇到的问题。实际部分的处理数据是通过问卷调查和访谈以及私人安全领域的公开统计数据获得的。