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Vranje, May 24, 2023

On Wednesday, May 24, starting at 10 a.m., in the Grand Hall of the Vranje City Assembly, a training session was held on Personal Data Protection regarding the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law. Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and representatives of the Commissioner's Service held the training for Data Protection Officers from more than 40 public institutions in the vicinity of the city of Vranje.

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 and 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.

On May 16, 2023, Commissioner Milan Marinović and Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković held a lecture on the topic of Personal Data Protection for students of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences of the University of Belgrade. Numerous examples from the Commissioner's practice were presented to students during the lecture.

On May 11, representatives of the Office of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, accredited lecturers Marina Grbić, Marin Cetinić, and Marko Milošević, held training in the Commissioner’s Office premises on the application of the Law on Personal Data Protection for employees of the Games of Chance Administration in the Ministry of Finance. Fifteen participants attended the training, and the lecture was followed by a discussion where numerous doubts about the application of the Law on Personal Data Protection were resolved. Emphasis was placed on problems in the personal data processing practice, which employees of the Administration have access to while performing tasks within their jurisdiction, and also on how the protection measures can be applied.

On the same day, at the invitation of the PIO Fund, accredited lecturer Aleksandra Lakićević held a training in the field of application of the Law on Personal Data Protection for employees from the Sector for Public Relations. The training held at Tara was attended by thirty participants. The main focus was on the lawfulness, principles, and personnel protection measures in the application of the Law on Personal Data Protection