On June 11, 2021, the Serbian Government formed a Working Group consisting of all relevant stakeholders processing personal data in the state administration, representatives of the Commissioner, courts and prosecution office competent for data protection matters with the task to draft a Data Protection Strategy Proposal for 2023-2030 and Action Plan for Strategy implementation.
It is the first time during 25 years of application of data protection in Serbia that such an ambitious goal in some public document is proclaimed – to harmonise data protection legislation and to receive verification by the EU – to be recognised as a country with adequate protection of personal data.
In this article, JPM Partner Ivan Milošević is providing a comprehensive review of the proposed strategy.