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Ms. Nevena Ruzic, Assistant Secretary General of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, presented Serbia's practical experiences to much a claim at the 9th Internet Governance Forum held in Istanbul in panels dedicated to human rights protection and the right to online privacy.

The Internet Governance Forum is an annual event which began at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia in 2005. The Forum gathers representatives of all stakeholders with the aim of exchanging ideas and improving the sustainability, safety and development of the Internet, as well as with the aim of promoting respect for human rights and core values.

Ms Ruzic participates in the forum as Deputy Chairperson of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. The costs of participation are covered by the Council of Europe.

A representative of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection has been elected Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the CoE Convention on Personal Data Protection (Convention 108 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data).

In that regard, Commissioner RodoljubSabic said the following:

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, based on contacts with a larger number of media representatives, has confirmed that very soon, most probably already next week, Google INC. shall start video recording of streets and facilities in Belgrade and in other places in the Republic of Serbia in order to implement Google Street View program.
Reminding that the exact time of start of recording is an issue of business policy of Google, which would inform the public about it, and that the Commissioner found interesting aspects pertaining to privacy protection, i.e. personal data processing, in relation to which Google has set specific conditions, the Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic stated the following:

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the Association of Serbian Journalists, the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia and the NGO Freedom of Information Coalition, with the attendance of numerous representatives from the media, NGO's, public authorities and members of the diplomatic chorus, hosted an event today to commend the Right to Know Day, 28 September. The meeting was addressed by: H.E. Peter Burkhard, Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ms NNE Koch, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at Transparency International, Mr. Sasa Jankovic, Ombudsman, and Mr. Rodoljub Sabic, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection.

The meeting was an opportunity to introduce the publication "Freedom of Information – Commissioner's Positions and Opinions", which was presented by Ms Stanojla Mandic, Deputy Commissioner.

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