Better protection of personal data processing

Improving the methods and methodologies of data processing inspection will contribute to the quality of work of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, was pointed out at the two-day training held in Belgrade and organized as part of the project support "Strengthening Rule of law in the Republic of Serbia", financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The importance of raising the quality and improvement of personal data processing was discussed by Milan Marinović, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, as well as Maja Vitaljić, a key expert of GIZ, while the experiences from the EU on the methods of planning and conducting training on personal data processing were shared with the participants of the training by Rosana Lemut Strle, EU expert on personal data protection. Sanja Unković, Deputy Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, spoke about the importance of improving the conduct of inspection supervision in terms of improving the methods and methodology of performing these tasks.  

Special attention during the training was given to the preparation of the annual inspection plan and its execution on the basis of reports of violations, as well as the determination of goals, priorities and methods of assessment and reporting. By reviewing the strategies and tools of conducting inspections, methods of obtaining information, monitoring of inspection checklists, as well as verification of information and data, the focus was placed on key activities in the process of inspection processing of personal data protection.

The importance of the participation of entities in the procedure, the imposition of measures to ensure compliance, but also the monitoring of the implementation of the ordered measures, greatly contributes to raising the capacity of all entities in the personal data protection system, which, in a wider context, is also one of the goals of training.