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In honour of the 28th of January, the Data Protection Day, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection held a conference which was attended by many ambassadors and other foreign diplomatic representatives, representatives of Serbian public authorities and institutions, academia, NGOs and the media.

The participants in the conference highlighted the results achieved and the major issues identified in the field of personal data protection in Serbia. The Commissioner noted that a fundamental shift was needed in the way the state treated the situation in this area, which he described as very worrying.

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the NGO Freedom of Information Coalition, the Association of Serbian Journalists and the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia held a meeting today to commend the Right to Know Day, 28 September, with the attendance of numerous representatives from the media, citizens' associations, public authorities and members of the diplomatic chorus. The addresses at the meeting were made by Mr. Rodoljub Sabic, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Ombudsman Mr. Sasa Jankovic and Mr. Giovanni Gabassi, Chief of Cabinet of the ambassador of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The meeting was an opportunity to introduce the publication "V - Free Access to Information – Commissioner's Attitudes and Opinions" and the Platform for Preparation of Information Booklets of Public Authorities.

In commendation of the Right to Know Day, Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic said:

In honour of the 28th of January, the Data Protection Day, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection held a press conference in which he presented the results achieved and the main challenges in the field of personal data protection in Serbia.

Apart from Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic, speakers at the conference included HE Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, Norway's Ambassador to Serbia, Mr. Luca Bianconi, head of the Political Section of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia and Mr. Marinko Radić, Secretary General at the Commissioner's Office. Ms Alenka Jerše, the Deputy Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia, was also planned to be one of the speakers at the conference, however, due to the problems in air traffic she was unable to attend. The text of her speech can be downloaded here. Video of the entire conference can be downloaded here.

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection had a meeting today with Director of the Office of the National Security Council, Goran Matic, and a group of his associates.

After security checks in accordance with the Law on Data Confidentiality, the Director of the Office of the National Security Council presented certificates for access to secret data to a group of the Commissioner's associates.

Now 20 associates at the Office of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection have certificates to access secret data with two highest confidentiality degrees – "state secret" (2 associates) and "top secret" (18 associates).

As part of efforts to ensure the best possible references for associates in the Commissioner's Office for effective work and handling both secret documents and personal data protection, six Commissioner's associates have recently acquired the status of auditors, which is the highest certification degree for ISO 27001 - information security.