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Data Protection and Privacy

Is selling personal data permissible?

October 20, 2016, ,
In mid-October Serbian press widely reported about the direct marketing of breast milk substitutes to women who recently gave birth. The media were abuzz with speculations that somebody must have...
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Bosnia: Strict conditions for direct marketing phone calls

October 7, 2016 and , ,
On 15 September 2016, the Personal Data Protection Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina (“Agency”) took a stance that processing of publicly available telephone numbers for the purpose of direct marketing...
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EU – US Privacy Shield adopted

July 14, 2016, , ,
On 12 July 2016, the European Commission formally adopted a new scheme for trans-Atlantic data flows – the European Union – United States Privacy Shield. The scheme includes some important improvements...
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First disclosure of doctors’ personal data

July 8, 2016, ,
In June 2016, pharmaceutical companies in Serbia belonging to the Association of Manufacturers of Innovative Drugs – INOVIA reported on transfers of value during 2015 to Serbian health-care professionals (HCPs)...
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Montenegro: Data from the police records ended up in a newspaper

May 19, 2016, ,
The Montenegrin Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and the Free Access to Information (“Agency”) published on 22 March 2016 on its website a decision that deals with data leakage from the police...
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EU – US Privacy Shield: Successor to the Safe Harbor

February 9, 2016, , ,
The European Commission and the US reached a deal on transatlantic transfer of personal data on 2 February 2016. For the time being it is only a political agreement which...
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When is video surveillance at workplace too much?

February 5, 2016, ,
In October 2015, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) upheld a ruling of the Personal Data Protection Agency (“Agency”) which found unlawful the use of surveillance cameras by the...
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Serbia: Mental health data leakage

January 13, 2016 and , ,
In December 2015, a journalist disclosed one patient’s health data in a TV show. The data were related to the patient’s mental health and his treatment in the mental health...
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