The activities carried out by the NCPDP after the completion of the EU Twinning Project

The National Center for Personal Data Protection (NCPDP) informs that, from January to March 2020, the NCPDP trainers, certified by the EU Twinning Project, trained about 400 people. The training activities took place in accordance with the follow-up Action Plan on the implementation of the activities after the completion of the EU Twinning Project, which targets 4 groups of data subjects – children, students, parents, civil society and state officials.
Thus, during the mentioned period, the NCPDP organized the following activities aimed at increasing the awareness of the society on personal data protection:
1. Training for 60 students of the of third year from Faculty of Journalism and Communication of Moldova State University and Law Faculty of Free International University of Moldova on the topic “Personal data protection for the young audience: awareness, principles, necessity, risks and challenges” and “The right of access to information and the right to personal data protection”
2. An educational hour on the topic: “Personal Data Protection expressed by drawing”. The activity took place for a group of 26 children, of 7-14 years, from the Republican Center for Children and Youth “ARTICO”.
3. Launch of an informational campaign for parents and children in collaboration with General Police Inspectorate of Ministry of Internal Affairs, “Moldcell” – mobile network operator, Public Association “Solidary Parents” and Directorate-General for Education Youth, Sport and Culture on the topic “Protect your child in the online environment”. The first action within the campaign took place in the sector Botanica for a group of 60 parents and children.
4. Round table on the topic “Conciliation of the right of access to information and the right of personal data protection in the Republic of Moldova. Challenges, difficulties and possible solutions”. The activity brought together students and representatives of civil society, in which participated 5 students of third year from Law Faculty of Free International University of Moldova and from the Faculty of Journalism and Communication of Moldova State University, representatives of “Promo-Lex”, “Action for Justice”, “Center for Legal Resources”, “Association for the Protection of Privacy” and “Centre for Investigative Journalism”.
5. At the same time, during the reference period, the NCPDP trainers organized 4 training activities at ” Labor Relations Training Center ” and the International Police Cooperation Centre within the General Police Inspectorate. Approximately 255 people participated in these trainings.
6. On January 31, 2020, the NCPDP launched the new version of the web page – www.datepersonale.md, elaborated within the EU Twinning Project “Capacity Building of the National Center for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Moldova”.