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The Commission for Personal Data Protection awarded the journalist Dian Bojidarov, correspondent of the newspaper „Sega”
The Chairman of the Commission for Personal Data Protection Ventsislav Karadjov presented for the sixth consecutive year the „Journalism Award” on the occasion of January 28 - the Data Protection Day. The Commission awarded Dian Bojidarov, journalist of the newspaper „Sega”, ... more

The 28 January is the Data Protection Day
On 28 January 2022, the Commission for Personal Data Protection would mark the Data Protection Day for the 16th time. Originally European, the Data Protection Day is now celebrated worldwide, where it is known as Privacy Day. In 1981, the Council of Europe adopted the first international treaty dealing ... more

The Supreme Administrative Court rendered a judgment setting out criteria for assessing the balance between the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to protection of personal data
On 16 November 2021, the Supreme Administrative Court (‘SAC’) issued a judgment in a case of the Commission for Personal Data Protection against an electronic media regarding publication of a natural person’s personal data for journalistic purposes. The SAC Judgment is of particular ... more

„GDPR in Your Pocket” is now available in five languages
The upgrade of both the content and the functionality of the mobile application „GDPR in Your Pocket” continues. Its content is enriched by the national data protection legislation of France and Germany (at federal level), while the application “speaks” five languages with its ... more

Two events took place to disseminate the results of the Erasmus + project
On October 25 and 27, 2021, two events took place to disseminate the results of the project „AI-Trans: Increasing AI Transparency Through Digital Alternative Learning of Privacy Training”. Host was the Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, which is a partner of the Commission ... more
The CPDP carried out training on „What to do in case of data breach?”
Online training on „What to do in case of data breach?” organised by the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association and the CTeam Group took place on 14 October 2021. Pre-registered participants, most of them private business representatives, attended the training through a remote platform. The ... more