On occasion of 28^th January which is the Data Protection Day in EU and CE, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection has estimated that the day, i.e. the 29^th anniversary of the adoption of the fundamental international document in this field - the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, is an opportunity to be reminded that as a state, which has accepted the Convention, as well as the Additional Protocol to the Convention, we still have a lot to do to bring the situation in this field to the level of European standards.

In a conversation, with NGO ‘’Privatnost Srbija’’ (Privacy Serbia), Rodoljub Sabic, the Commissioner, has stated the following:

Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Rodoljub Sabic, has confirmed that he has received a complaint from the Serbian Association of Judges and a number of individual complaints with respect to withholding information on the procedure of choosing the judges and personal data processing in their reappointment procedure.  The Commissioner shall decide on complaints within the period of time defined under the law. In addition, the Commissioner shall, without delay, submit a proposal for an estimate of the constitutionality of certain articles of the Law on Personal Data Protection to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia.

Rodoljub Sabic, Commisioner, has stated the following: