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The Commission for Personal Data Protection organizes training in three cities for representatives of small and medium enterprises
The Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) is the coordinator of an international project named „SMEDATA II: Ensuring the Highest Degree of Privacy and Personal Data Protection through Innovative Tools for SMEs and Citizens”, co-funded by the European Commission under the ... more

Representatives of the CPDP participated in a seminar on „Children's rights in the digital environment and violence prevention practices”
Following an invitation from the Chairperson of the State Agency for Child Protection (SACP) Dr. Eleonora Lilova, in the period 21-23 March 2022, representatives of the CPDP took part in a seminar on „Children`s rights in the digital environment and violence prevention practices”, organised ... more
The Commission for Personal Data Protection submitted to the National Assembly the Report on its activities in 2021
On March 16, 2022, the Commission for Personal Data Protection submitted to the National Assembly the Annual Report on its activities in 2021. The report is submitted according to Art.7, para.6 of the Personal Data Protection Act. It consists of 172 pages, divided into 12 main sections. The ... more

The Commission for Personal Data Protection awarded the journalist Dian Bojidarov, correspondent of the newspaper „Sega”
The Chairman of the Commission for Personal Data Protection Ventsislav Karadjov presented for the sixth consecutive year the „Journalism Award” on the occasion of January 28 - the Data Protection Day. The Commission awarded Dian Bojidarov, journalist of the newspaper „Sega”, ... more

The 28 January is the Data Protection Day
On 28 January 2022, the Commission for Personal Data Protection would mark the Data Protection Day for the 16th time. Originally European, the Data Protection Day is now celebrated worldwide, where it is known as Privacy Day. In 1981, the Council of Europe adopted the first international treaty dealing ... more

The Supreme Administrative Court rendered a judgment setting out criteria for assessing the balance between the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to protection of personal data
On 16 November 2021, the Supreme Administrative Court (‘SAC’) issued a judgment in a case of the Commission for Personal Data Protection against an electronic media regarding publication of a natural person’s personal data for journalistic purposes. The SAC Judgment is of particular ... more