Government of the Republic of Serbia
The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Rodoljub Šabić assessed in the annual report that the situation in the field of data protection in Serbia is cause for concern. Šabić noted that by failing to adopt the new law on personal data protection that was supposed to be adopted by the end of 2015, Serbia violated the Action Plan for Chapter 23 harmonized with the EU, even before the chapter was opened. Regarding appeals due to failure to provide information, the highest number was submitted against the MoI. However, regarding the number of appeals by number of requests for access to information, most of the problems with the right of the public to know were had with the Ministry of Justice.
As the notice from the office of the Commissioner states, the Commissioner had 2,868 cases in 2015 in the field of personal data protection, 8% more than in 2014, around 46% more than in 2012, or as much as 37 times more than in 2009.
Šabić assessed that regarding the protection of personal data, Serbia is essentially at the very beginning of the application of European standards in the legal system and real life, as well as that the process must be significantly improved in regards to speed and quality. He stated that as of yet no law regulates numerous issues extremely important for the protection of personal data: video surveillance, biometrics, security checks, and the private security sector, involving numerous potential and real risks of violations of the rights of a large number of citizens.
Source: Beta, taken from www.euractiv.rs
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