On the 25^th of January 2022, the President of the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing, Mrs. Ancuța Opre, gave a speech during the GDPR Conference – Data privacy vs. Data Security, organized at the headquarters of the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce by the Universul Juridic editorial group.

With this occasion the significance of the annual celebration of the European Data Protection Day was underlined, specifically within the context of the recent ratification by the Romanian Parliament, through Law no. 190/2021, of the Amending Protocol to Convention 109 of the Council of Europe.

Also, a brief evaluation of the Authority’s activity from 2021 and a presentation of the most relevant evolutions found within the activity of the controllers verified were performed.

Within this Conference, an Excellency Award was offered to the National Supervisory Authority for the appreciation of the efforts for the promotion and implementation of data protection regulations, which represents a recognition of the results of our institution’s activity.

In this context, the high interest shown by the participants for this event, held in physical format and remotely, was remarked.

Legal and Communication Department

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