Press Release, 28. 10. 2010.
Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Mr. Rodoljub Sabic appealed today to the editors of all printed and electronic media to observe the elementary standards of privacy and personal data protection in their reporting on events and people. Recalling that these standards are codified not only in the Law on Personal Data Protection, but also in the Code of Ethics of Serbian Journalists, the Commissioner warned that their frequent disregard and violation was unacceptable.
In this regard, Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic also said:
In a letter addressed today to the Minister of Health, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Mr. Rodoljub Sabic warned that the deadlines set out in the Law on Transfusion Activities for enactment of secondary legislation relevant for personal data protection have expired and the instruments in question have not yet been enacted. The Commissioner warned it was imperative that the Minister enact the said instruments without delay and he appealed to the Minister to provide funding within the means of the Ministry of Health and the Serbian Government to cover the costs of introducing and implementing at least minimum standards of personal data protection which health care institutions cannot provide for alone.
Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Mr. Rodoljub Sabic opened today a seminar on problems in the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance and the Law on Personal Data Protection, with focus on misdemeanour liability. The Commissioner organized this educative seminar in cooperation with the Higher Magistrate’s Court of the Republic of Serbia and the Magistrate’s Court of Belgrade. More than a hundred judges of these two courts will take part in the five-day seminar.