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President Anastasiadis received the annual report of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection

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President Anastasiadis received the annual report of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection

The President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Anastasiadis received today, at the Presidential Palace, the annual report of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection Mrs. Irini Loizidou Nikolaidou for 2020.

Presenting the report, the Commissioner said that “the year 2020 was a new challenge for us, because we had to deal with the issues of the pandemic that required the collection of a large amount of personal data. Our role at this time was very important because we were called and we are called even today to examine and ensure that all this processing is done within the framework of legality, always of course with a perfect balance of privacy protection, but at the same time protection of public health “.

Receiving the report, the President of the Republic said that both the Commissioner and her associates “strictly, adhering to the provisions of the law, did not fail to have such cooperation that allowed us to implement policies unprecedented that definitely affect both privacy and more generally (policies) concerning citizens' personal data.

All the management, all the cooperation was done without violating the rights and in a way that ensures what the legislation provides “.

Besides, Ms. Loizidou Nikolaidou handed over to the President of the Republic the first annual report of the Information Commissioner, who is the current Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, which has been operating for a year.

As the Commissioner said, “virtually any of us, whether natural or legal, have the right to receive information from the public administration by controlling it. “It is very important legislation, it is a tool of accountability and transparency,” he added.

Receiving the report, the President of the Republic said that “despite the fact that it is a newly established institution, it appears from the actions, from the whole implementation of the provisions of the law, that it is another stage of guaranteeing the rights of citizens through the obligation of the state. be accountable for matters relating to personal data.

These are the steps we are taking to modernize the state and I want to hope that by the end of my term, always in cooperation with the political forces, we will achieve a series of other reforms that will benefit the citizens and the future Government will have an easier task. either in terms of personal data or in the fight against corruption or in the transparency and protection of witnesses or in the reform of justice or in the Local Government – the Public Service has fortunately enacted the law – which will also be credited to the political forces and not in the respective Government “.

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Source: politis.com.cy

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