Resolve the personal data protection issue
ExpiredBelgrade - Some of the priorities of the new Serbian Government should be the passing of the new law on personal data protection and establishment of an efficient mechanism of protection of such data, agreed the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Sabic and experts from the European Agency for Reconstruction yesterday.
According to the press release issued by the Commissioner's Bureau, Sabic and European experts also agreed that the new law on personal data protection should be based on European standards. Sabic pointed out that the attempts at finding solution to the personal data protection issue are lagging behind and that the 1998 law did not have any effect in practice. “It is no coincidence that the latest Report of the EU Commission states that the personal data protection exists in Serbia only in theory, but not in practice,” says Sabic, adding that this right is guaranteed under the new Constitution and that it is a real shame that the constitutional law does no deal with this matter.
According to Sabic, the events indicating the escalation of the problem should not be ignored. “A typical example is the postponed application of the new law on biometric IDs equipped with electronic chips. From the aspect of the personal data protection, the field of public health protection and the information obtained for this purpose is also quite a delicate matter,” says Sabic. The Commissioner reminds that some serious law proposals that might resolve the issue are already on the table, and that Serbia could count on the expert assistance in creating prerequisites for the establishment of the efficient protection of personal information. U. R.
