The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection evaluates as very positive information about the Directorate for Electronic Government undertaking measures for safer communicaton that the citizens exercise through E-government portal, and that within that effort, new SSL certificate has been acquired, which is undergoing tests and which shall in due time become functional. The Commissioner evaluates this as good and relatively quick reaction regarding the warning sent in the beginning of November in Letters to the Ministers in charge of State Administration and Local Self Government, and Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, showing that according to the results of world renowned authority on-line test of famous informatics security provider "Qualys SSL Labs" from USA, they have been evaluated due to their "vulnerability" (outdated and poor algorhythms and protocols) with the worst mark (F).

The Commissioner holds a position that the security of citizens’ personal data, which are distributed in the communication through state e-portals represents an issue of great importance, deserving maximum attention, and which can not be in any case accessed easily. Therefore, one should continuously implement all necessary measures in order to eliminate the reasons for dilemmas and anxiety among citizens, and the risks regarding their personal data in electronic communication with the authorities should be reduced to a minimum. In this context, information about the measures implemented relating to greater security of communication, especially for personal data which are distributed in the processes using e-government portals, are indeed welcome. However, it is necessary to bear in mind that there are other large state e-portals, and that one should take the same attitude towards the same problem even when they are concerned.