Personal Data Protection Service launches online privacy campaign
The Service will publish digital leaflets illustrated with messages on data protection on social media, in a bid to raise awareness on topics like the safe use of digital devices. Photo from Personal Data Protection Service's facebook page.
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Georgia’s Personal Data Protection Service has launched a month-long online campaign focused on the importance of personal data protection for public and private organisations, the state body announced on Thursday.
The Service will publish digital leaflets illustrated with messages on data protection on social media, in a bid to raise awareness on topics like the safe use of digital devices.
It provided examples to users that included advice on logging out of personal information platforms after use, and refraining from opening suspicious links on the web or signing documents without first reading them.
The Service is tasked with supervising the legality of personal data processing and law enforcement across Georgia.
As the coronavirus pandemic pushes education, healthcare and other public services online and puts huge amounts of personal data in the digital domain, the protection of citizens’ privacy has become an important issue in Georgia.
The Parliament of Georgia appointed Karlo Katsitadze and Lela Janashvili to lead the Special Investigation Service and Personal Data Protection Services respectively on Tuesday, with the two newly created agencies replacing the outgoing State Inspector Service.
The Personal Data Protection Service of Georgia has warned the public to refrain from opening email links from a sender reported this week to be collecting personal information by inserting spyware or malware into user devices.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting the 29th edition of the Conference of European Data Protection Authorities, which is the first international forum regarding data protection to be held in Georgia.
The special investigative service of Georgia, a recently established agency probing abuse of power at institutions, is “actively involved” in the fulfilment of the European Union’s conditions for granting Georgia the membership candidate status, agency head Koka Katsitadze said on Monday.
The National Bank of Georgia and the country’s financial sector have teamed up to join the Cybersecurity Awareness Month global campaign on raising awareness around the issue.
Lela Janashvili, the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service of Georgia, on Tuesday said the personal data protection law adopted by the Parliament in June was expected to create a “sustainable and effective” protection mechanism and improve related laws.
Lela Janashvili, the head of the Georgian Personal Data Protection Service, on Tuesday discussed organisational questions and cooperation with Leonardo Cervera-Navas, the Secretary General of the European Data Protection Supervisor institution.