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The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection today marks the Personal Data Protection Day, January 28, 2021. ;

In order to promote the celebration of the Personal Data Protection Day, Commissioner Milan Marinović was a guest on Studio B television in “Jutarnji program” on January 27, 2021, and on the same day he made a guest appearance on cable television Nova S, in the show “Pregled dana”. On the day of the event, the Commissioner was a guest on the RTS 1 morning program, and had a live broadcast on the N1 morning program. The Assistant Secretary General also had media appearances: on the regional TV station Al Jazeera, TV Happy, Radio Belgrade 1 and 2, and Radio 021. A large number of newsrooms were present at the celebration of the Day.

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection shall mark the Personal Data Protection Day on Thursday, January 28, 2021, starting at 11:00 AM.

Due to the situation caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this year the Personal Data Protection Day is going to be marked in accordance with the prescribed anti-covid measures of the competent authorities. Namely, only speakers and a limited number of representatives of state bodies will be present in the ceremonial hall of the MP Club in compliance with the prescribed preventive measures, while all other individuals interested in the event will be able to follow the event live, online, via Commissioner’s official Youtube channel, at the following link:

The Commissioner reminds the responsible persons in public authorities of the obligation to submit the annual report prescribed by Article 43 of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance ("Official Gazette of RS" No. 120/2004 54/2007, 104/2009 and 36/2010), as well that the deadline expires on January 20, 2021.

From 2018, annual reports are submitted to the Commissioner exclusively in electronic form.

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection received on January 14, 2021, a written decision by Oath Inc. (a company within the Verizon Communications Group) based in the USA, whose business includes a portfolio of digital platforms for products and services under the Yahoo! brand, in which this company appoints its representative for the Republic of Serbia, in accordance with the Law on Personal Data Protection.

The representative of this company for the Republic of Serbia is the Law Office Karanović & Partners, based in Resavska 23 Street, Belgrade.