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Dear journalists,

There is an ongoing contest for the best media articles on "The Importance of Personal Data Protection in the Real and Digital World", announced by the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, and supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

We invite you to apply for the contest and remind you that the application deadline is July 10, 2025 (for works published by 30 June).

More information about the contest can be found at the following link: Contest text – deadline July 10, 2025. (Serbian language only)

Sincerely,

Commissioner’s Office

Commissioner Milan Marinović and Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković are participating in the 48th Plenary Session of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data("Convention 108"), which is being held from 17 to 19 June at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg. The session will discuss current issues in the implementation of this convention and ways to handle them. The members of the Committee are representatives of the authorities engaged in personal data protection in countries parties to the Convention.

Commissioner Milan Marinović and Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković participated in the International Conference "Quantum Technologies: Threats, Challenges and Opportunities for Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection" in Krakow, Poland, from 11 to 13 June, and the 27th Meeting of the Central and Eastern European Data Protection Authorities, which will discuss the eventual need to amend regulations on personal data protection at both the European and national levels to comply with the increasing personal data processing using modern technologies.

Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and Acting Assistant Secretary General Dragana Stojković participated in the work of the Special Working Group for the preparation of the text for the amendments and supplements to the Personal Data Protection Law, at a meeting held from 4 to 6 June 2025 in Zrenjanin. The topic of this working group meeting was personal data processing by competent authorities for special purposes.