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Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner at Portorož Law School

Commissioner Milan Marinović and Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković participate in the Law School work, organized by the KEC Group and held from October 25 to 30, 2024, in Portorož, Slovenia.

On the first day, the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner successfully held a lecture on "Inspection supervision in personal data protection from the angle of the Commissioner".

In addition to this topic, within the school, which is attended by representatives of institutions, business companies, lawyers, and other participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro, other significant topics are covered from the field of personal data protection such as the application of data processing principles in practice, drafting regulations on personal data processing, drafting a privacy policy, data protection impact assessment, drafting a contract between the Data Controller and the Data Processor and drafting a cookie policy.

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Personal Data Protection – Legislation and Practice (Požarevac)

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Požarevac, October 25, 2024

In the Požarevac City Hall, on Friday, October 25, starting at 10:00 a.m., the representatives of the Commissioner’s Office held a training course regarding the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law for Data Protection Officers from 34 public institutions in the vicinity of the city of Požarevac.

The representatives of the Office of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection conducted this training within the scope of the multi-donor 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.

The importance of personal data protection, consent for their processing, the purpose of lawful and fairly processing and transfer, along with determining the public and legitimate interest in data processing, are just some of the topics in the main focus of public interest. The training aims to familiarize Data Protection Officers or persons designated by Data Controllers and Data Processors (if they do not have designated Data Protection Officers) with the current legal solutions (in the EU and the Republic of Serbia) and train them for proper application of the Personal Data Protection Law.

Field trainings, which are being implemented as part of project support in 15 selected local self-government units, are particularly important for raising the capacity of personal data protection. Also, at the same time, in addition to trainings in those selected units of local self-government, panel discussions on personal data protection are being organized, primarily aiming to raise awareness among the general public and inform its citizens.

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Požarevac GIZ

Personal Data Protection – Legislation and Practice (Negotin)

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Negotin, October 24, 2024

In the Negotin City Hall, on Thursday, October 24, starting at 10:00 a.m., the representatives of the Commissioner’s Office held a training course regarding the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law for Data Protection Officers from 35 public institutions in the vicinity of the city of Negotin and Bor.

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Training on Personal Data Protection for Housing Communities Managers

In cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, the Commissioner's Office organized two trainings for the Association of Housing Managers from Belgrade on October 21 and 23. The immediate cause for this training was the information from the inspection supervision procedures over these entities, where irregularities in their work were observed, and which were often repeated. Accordingly, the need was recognized to raise awareness among this target group focusing on several important topics.

In cooperation with colleagues from the Sector for Supervision, lecturers from the Education Sector introduced the attendees, using concrete examples, to the basic provisions of the Law on Personal Data Protection, the application of this regulation, and regulation on building maintenance and private security. The main topics were using video surveillance in housing communities, publishing lists of tenants and debtors, publishing pictures and recordings on Viber groups, and the risks of using applications designed to facilitate communication between managers and tenants. During and after the presentation, a lively discussion took place in which the problems in the day-to-day work of managers were clarified and numerous doubts in this target group behavior were resolved.

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