Regarding the new privacy policy of the Meta company, which applies to users of this company's platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Messanger, etc.) in the Republic of Serbia from June 26, 2024, which the said company did not inform our users about, including its users' personal data processing for the development and improvement of artificial intelligence, and also regarding the unauthorized personal data processing by X Corp. and Twitter International Unlimited Company, also used for development and improvement of artificial intelligence, carried out without notice on the territory of the whole of Europe, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection informs the public about the following:
- Activities aiming to establish contacts with the mentioned companies in the United States of America are underway to remind them once again of their obligation to designate representatives in the Republic of Serbia, under the Law on Personal Data Protection, that is, to standardize the treatment of citizens of the Republic of Serbia with the citizens of the European Union, bearing in mind that the use of the personal data of the citizens of the European Union by Meta for these purposes has hence been postponed.
- Also underway are the activities aiming to establish contacts with the Data Protection Commission of the Republic of Ireland as a body for personal data protection in whose territorial jurisdiction the companies Meta Platforms Ireland Inc. and Twitter International Unlimited Company are located as Personal Data Processors.
- Given that the legal framework for personal data protection of the Republic of Serbia as a candidate for membership in the European Union is fully harmonized with the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR), the Office of the Commissioner will address the same objective to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which brings together all supervisory bodies for the personal data protection of the EU member states and in which the Republic of Serbia has the observer status.
- Commissioner Milan Marinović and Deputy Commissioner Sanja UnkovićIt plan to hold a joint meeting with the Director of the Agency for Personal Data Protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the President and members of the Council of the Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information of Montenegro, on September 4, 2024, in Sarajevo, to coordinate joint action of these three supervisory authorities for personal data protection to find a permanent solution to this problem.
