Representatives of the General Directorate of Medical and Social Assistance trained in the field of personal data protection

On 05 November 2024, representatives of the National Center for Personal Data Protection organized a training course for representatives of the General Directorate of Medical and Social Assistance of the Chisinau Municipal Council, at their request.

The aim of the training course was to familiarize the DGAMS officials with the aspects related to personal data protection in the public service, the regulation of processing procedures, the confidentiality and security regime of personal data in accordance with the normative framework.

During the event, important topics were discussed, such as: the definition of general notions related to the field of personal data protection; the rights of personal data subjects; the processing of special categories of personal data; the principles and legal grounds for processing personal data; the requirements for the protection of personal data in the exercise of the duties of the office; issues related to the appointment of the Data Protection Officer (DPO); the obligations and tasks of a DPO; issues related to the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA); the stages and obligation to perform a DPIA, etc.

The training course proved to be a useful one, participants asking the trainers multiple questions and receiving documented answers with practical examples. At the same time, the issues related to the disclosure of information containing personal data, the analysis carried out by the data controller in terms of access to these data, ensuring the security and confidentiality of personal data processed, the term of retention/storage and use of personal data at the end of the processing operations, as well as legal issues regarding the processing of personal data through video surveillance systems, were of great interest to the representatives of the course.

During the event 25 representatives of the General Directorate of Medical and Social Assistance of the Chisinau Municipal Council were trained.