Meeting of the Consultative Council of the National Center for Personal Data Protection

On July 10, 2024, the National Center for Personal Data Protection (the Center) organized the meeting of the Consultative Council of the National Center for Personal Data Protection, in the context of the celebration of the 16 years of activity of the institution.

The meeting was opened and chaired by Ms. Victoria MUNTEAN, Director of the NCPDP, and President of the Consultative Council.

During the event, important topics were discussed such as:

• Brief presentation of the results of the work for the period 2023;
• State of play regarding the harmonization of the national legal framework with the EU acquis in the field of personal data protection;
• Issues concerning access to personal data stored in state information resources, etc.

The Council meeting took place in an interactive manner, the members of the Council concluding that national legislative harmonization with the acquis communautaire is necessary both to maintain the upward trend of personal data protection and not to allow a regression of the field, and to ensure a genuine respect for the rights of personal data subjects, as well as a legally secure territory for personal data controllers. The Republic of Moldova must have balanced and clear rules, without deviating from the European regulatory framework in this area, a broad legislative framework for the protection of personal data, and all areas of activity, such as justice, medical, banking, social protection, economic, etc. interfere with the field of personal data protection. Similarly, the need to strengthen the institutional capacities of the NCPDP was also mentioned, in particular as a result of the increasing workload and the increasingly diversified specificity of personal data processing methods.

At the end, the members of the Consultative Council appreciated the efforts of the Center in terms of the results accumulated over the period of its activity and outlined the need to continue working together at the institutional level in order to develop effective mechanisms for the protection of personal data in the Republic of Moldova.