Raising public awareness of the importance of personal data protection

On July 10, the National Center for Personal Data Protection (NCPDP) celebrates 16 years of activity. It is 16 years since NCPDP obtained the status of autonomous public authority, independent from other public authorities, natural and legal persons, the objective of which is – the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, in particular the right to privacy in relation to the processing and transborder transmission of personal data.

On the occasion of this day, the institution organizes specific activities to raise awareness and promote best practices in privacy and data protection. These activities include street actions addressed to the general public to inform and sensitize them to the field of personal data protection.

In this context, on July 9, several employees of the NCPDP distributed to passers-by, in front of the Triumphal Arch in mun. Chisinau, information materials, informing them about the concept of personal data, the rights of data subjects, data security and confidentiality measures, as well as about the principles of personal data protection. At the same time, citizens were informed about possible situations of non-compliant processing of personal data and were given practical guidance and recommendations that should be taken in such cases.

In the current year, the NCPDP aims to organize several information and awareness-raising activities for the general public in order to educate, motivate and encourage Moldovan citizens to pay more attention to the protection of personal data concerning them.