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The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection traditionally celebrates Data Protection Day, which this year will be celebrated on Monday, January 30, 2023, in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, room 1, Resavska 13-15, from 11:00 a.m.

Three years have passed since the adoption of the new Law on Personal Data Protection and on the one hand, the question arises whether Data Controllers now fulfill their legal obligations and appoint their Data Protection Officers, and on the other hand, do foreign companies appoint their representatives in the Republic of Serbia? What activities is the institution of the Commissioner undertaking to improve the protection of our citizens' data, and what is the practice in the European Union countries in this area?

During the celebration of the Day, the Deputy Commissioner for Personal Data Protection Sanja Unković will present the latest publication with numerous examples from practice regarding supervision over the implementation of the Law on Personal Data Protection, in the part of handling citizens' complaints, as well as in the part of the Commissioner's opinions and positions initiated by the requests of various subjects.

Aiming to educate the youngest, elementary and high school students, the Commissioner's institution, in cooperation with the organization Propulsion and journalist and psychologist Dragan Ilić, created a brochure for children that will also be presented on this occasion.

Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and representatives of the Commissioner's Office are participating today in a panel discussion: Monitoring the implementation of the new law on Personal Data Protection in Niš. The panel is attended by representatives of Data Controllers, civil society organizations, and the media.

The panel discussion is intended to draw conclusions through the exchange of experience, opinions, and ideas on how to improve the implementation of the Law on Personal Data Protection and its amendments.

During the panel discussion, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Milan Marinović, presented a report on the work of this institution for the previous two years. Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković explained the position and competencies of the Commissioner with an emphasis on personal data protection. Other participants from the Office of the Commissioner were representatives from the Sector for Supervision of Personal Data Protection, and the Sector for Harmonization of Regulations and Normative Affairs. It is also planned to hold 15-panel discussions, in different local self-government units.

This project is implemented with the support of the multi-donor project "Support for Strengthening Rule of Law in the Republic of Serbia", financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) while the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) is responsible for implementing project activities related to personal data protection.