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The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Rodoljub Šabić has received Komlen Lalović, the inventor of the device for biometric identification of motherhood, and talked to him about the possibilities of the use of his patent (dual biometric scanner) in order to prevent possible abuses, such as theft or replacement of babies in maternity wards.

The Commissioner has promised that he will make every effort, within the limits of his authority, to suggest to competent persons to create the conditions for the application of this patent in our maternity hospitals.

In regard to this, Commissioner Šabić also said the following:

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection received a notice from the Institute for Student Health of Novi Sad stating that the Institute complied with the decision of the Commissioner ordering the end the processing and deletion of personal data collected without legal foundation through questionnaires filled out by students during 2015 health examination.

Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection is frequently and continuously addressed by citizens who are seeking an opinion on the legality and justification of the use of video surveillance, particularly in residential buildings, while often pointing out abuse of surveillance, as well.

Stating that the perennial ignorant attitude towards relevant issues related to video surveillance serious source of threat and violation of human rights, the Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic has stated the following:

Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, on occasion of the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Personal Data Protection Strategy (the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted it on 16 August 2010) warned about unsatisfactory and worrying situation in the area of personal data protection.

Estimating that the state's attitude towards the Strategy represents the "best" illustration of its incomprehensibly irresponsible attitude towards the situation in the important area of human rights, the Commissioner, Rodoljub Sabic has stated the following: