The European Data Protection Day is celebrated on the 28^th January 2016 by all member states of the Council of Europe and marks the anniversary of the adoption, in 1981 in Strasbourg, of Convention 108 on the protection of individuals with regard to the automatic processing of personal data.

This occasion represents an excellent opportunity to increase awareness at European level on the importance of the rules on the protection of personal data and also of the observance of the specific rights granted to data subjects.

On the occasion of the European Data Protection Day, the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing will organise a symposium on “The protection of personal data within the employment relations” at the Palace of Parliament, on the 28^th January 2016, starting at 11.00.

The information materials dedicated to the European Data Protection Day are available at www.dataprotection.ro/informatii generale/informatii de interes public/materiale informative.

Media access will only be allowed based on the existing accreditation to the Palace of Parliament.