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The Commission for Personal Data Protection organises specialized training seminars for Data Protection Officers in the public sector in four Bulgarian cities
The Commission for Personal Data Protection, along with the Data Protection Authorities of Italy, Spain, Poland and Croatia, is implementing a project entitled „T4DATA: Training Data Protection Authorities and Data Protection Officers” under the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme ... more
The Chairman of CPDP Mr Ventsislav Karadjov has been awarded as „Jurist of the Year”
On 8 May 2019 the „Legal World” magazine and the International Law Centre have presented their 11th annual awards. The representatives of the legal community have voted for „Jurist of the Year” the Chairman of the Commission for Personal Data Protection Mr Ventsislav Karadjov. The ... more
The Central Electoral Commission and the Commission for Personal Data Protection jointly adopted Guidelines on the processing and protection of personal data in the election process
In the context of the upcoming European elections at the end of May, the Central Electoral Commission and the Commission for Personal Data Protection jointly adopted guidelines on the processing and protection of personal data in the election process. The document is based on the provisions ... more
Statement of the European Data Protection Board on the upcoming elections for European Parliament
In the context of the elections for European Parliament and other EU elections scheduled for 2019, the European Data Protection Board issued a statement to highlight a number of key requirements to be respected when political parties process personal data in the course of electoral activities. Content ... more
CPDP decided to hold a public consultation on two exclusive topics
The Commission for Personal Data Protection decided to hold public discussion on two very important topics of increased public interest – video surveillance and the processing of personal data for journalistic purposes, as well as for the purposes of academic, artistic or literary expression. In ... more
Survey on challenges faced by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their associations while implementing GDPR
The Commission for Personal Data Protection is coordinator of international project „SMEDATA”, co-funded by the European Commission under the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 of the European Union. As part of the implementation of SMEDATA project, it is envisaged conducting ... more