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Training for Attendees of „Business Compliance“ Study Program

On Saturday, April 13, 2024, representatives of the Commissioner's Office, accredited lecturers Marina Grbić and Aleksandra Lakićević, held a lecture at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, to the students of the "Business Compliance" study program, on the topic of the application of the Law on Personal Data Protection.

The aforementioned study program is the result of cooperation between the Faculty of Law in Belgrade and the Association for Compliance in Business from Belgrade, to whose invitation the representatives of the Commissioner's Office responded and held this lecture.

Around 70 participants attended the lecture.

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Panel Discussion: Monitoring Implementation of New Law on Personal Data Protection – Požarevac

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Požarevac, April 16, 2024

A panel discussion was held in the Požarevac City Hall, on Thursday, April 16, 2024, starting at 10:30h, on the topic of monitoring the implementation of the new Law on Personal Data Protection, attended by Data Controllers and all interested representatives of Civil Society Organizations and the media.

Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and representatives of the Commissioner’s Office participated in today’s panel discussion.

During the panel discussion, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Milan Marinović presented the current state in the field of personal data protection in the Republic of Serbia.

Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković presented the current position of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, the competence of the Commissioner with particular emphasis on personal data protection. Representatives of the Commissioner’s Office from the Sector for Supervision of Personal Data Protection and the Sector for Harmonization of Regulations and Normative Affairs also participated in the panel discussion.

In the upcoming period, panel discussions, which will be implemented in 15 selected Local Self-Government Units within the scope of project support, are of utmost importance for raising the general public’s awareness and informing citizens.

The organization of the panel discussion is supported by the project “Support for Strengthening Rule of Law in the Republic of Serbia”(EU for the Fight Against Corruption and for Fundamental Rights) financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), whereas the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) is in charge for its implementation.

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Panel Discussion: Monitoring Implementation of New Law on Personal Data Protection

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Negotin, April 15, 2024

A panel discussion was held in the Hall of Negotin Municipality Assembly, on Wednesday, April 15, 2024, starting at 10:30h, on the topic of monitoring the implementation of the new Law on Personal Data Protection, attended by Data Controllers and all interested representatives of Civil Society Organizations and the media.

Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and representatives of the Commissioner's Office participated in today's panel discussion.

The panel discussion goal was to consider the new Law on Personal Data Protection and explore the possibilities for its better application.

Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković presented the current position of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, the competence of the Commissioner with particular emphasis on personal data protection. Representatives of the Commissioner's Office from the Sector for Supervision of Personal Data Protection and the Sector for Harmonization of Regulations and Normative Affairs also participated in the panel discussion.

The organization of the panel discussion is supported by the project "Support for Strengthening Rule of Law in the Republic of Serbia"(EU for the Fight Against Corruption and for Fundamental Rights) financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), whereas the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) is in charge for its implementation.

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Data Protection Training Sessions

The Ministry of Interior (MUP) in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, launched training for its employees. It is planned that the lecturers from the Commissioner's Office and the lecturer from the MUP hold training sessions in all regional police administrations in the Republic of Serbia. The first training was held on April 4, 2024, in the Pančevo Police Department, where representatives of the Commissioner's Office Marko Milošević and Aleksandar Kocić Ranđelović from the Sector for Education and Certification, together with the representative of the MUP Dragan Obradović, held training on personal data processing in the field of Internal Affairs.

The second training was held on April 10, 2024, at the Zrenjanin Police Department by Aleksandar Kocić Ranđelović from the Sector for Education and Certification and Dragan Obradović, as the MUP representative.

The training sessions came upon great interest from members of the MUP, shown by the number of present police chiefs and police officers who asked specific questions which the lecturers answered trying to remove all ambiguities and doubts, especially regarding the purpose of personal data processing within the scope of their daily operational work.

The training in the field of Personal Data Protection was also held on April 11, 2024, at the National Academy for Public Administration (NAJU) where Commissioner Milan Marinović gave an introductory lecture at the opening of the third cycle of Training for Public Authorities Data Protection Officers. The Commissioner acquainted the participants of the training with the current situation in the field of Personal Data Protection in the Republic of Serbia, emphasizing the importance and role of the Data Protection Officer and appealing to authorities and other Data Controllers who are obliged to designate a Data Protection Officer to do so as soon as possible and to inform the Commissioner about it.

This training was developed as part of the World Bank Project "Training Services for Data Protection Officers and Raising Awareness of Civil Servants in accordance with the GDPR, the Law on Personal Data Protection, and the Law on Information Security of the Republic of Serbia" aiming to improve the implementation of the Law on Personal Data Protection and the Law on Information Security.

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