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Press Release, 30. 03. 2011.

01.12.2008. Commissioner for Information and Personal Data Protection has in the letter to the Minister of Education and Science warned about open issues regarding personal data protection for the needs of establishing „Unique Information System in Elementary and Secondary Education in the Republic of Serbia“.

Pointing out that this is about potentially huge personal data base, the Commissioner warned that from the standpoint of constitutionally guaranteed protection of those data, it is very bad and risky to form this database on disputable legal foundation, that is, without it.

In relation to that, the Commissioner, Rodoljub Sabic also stated:

Press Release, 28. 03. 2011.

26.11.2008 Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection has delivered to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Report on Implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance and the Personal Data Protection Act in 2010. That regular Report, which the Commissioner submits each year within three months after the year end, has been also published on the Commissioner’s web-site http://www.poverenik.org.rs/index.php/sr/doc/izvestaji.html. The same report has been, accordign to the law, delivered to the President of the Republic, Citizens’ Protector and to the Government of the Republic of Serbia.

Stressing the continuity of increasingly intensive addressing the Commissioner for protection of their rights, and that in 2010 more than 3,000 new cases have been processed, and just in the field of accessing information 2898 of them, which is an increase of more than 55% than in the previous year, that is, seven and a half times more than in 2005, the Commissioner, Rodoljub Sabic, stressed:

Press Release, 21. 03. 2011.

03.12.2008. The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection will directly enforce provisions of the Law on Personal Data Protection in appointment of public prosecutors and deputy public prosecutors at the State Prosecutorial Council premises through authorized persons.

In this regard, Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic also said the following:

Press Release, 18. 03. 2011.

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01.12.2008. The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection commended response of the Serbian Tax Administration to a warning he submitted to it in connection with the manner of submission of tax rulings and enactments. The Commissioner warned the Tax Administration that sending of letters on which a unique personal identification number is also visible in addition to the name, surname and address of a taxpayer is contrary to the provisions of the Law on Personal Data Protection.

In this regard, the Commissioner requested from the Tax Administration to inform him within 15 days about the actions it took to eliminate these irregularities so that he could take further actions within his sphere of competence if necessary and the Tax Administration informed him that it would ensure full compliance with legislative provisions on data protection by changing the size of envelopes and by other appropriate measures.

Reminding that the practice of serving of enactments in the manner which unnecessarily jeopardizes citizens’ privacy is not typical only of the Tax Administration, Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic also urged all other entities to discontinue such practice. In that regard, he also said the following:

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