BDK Advokati and AmCham Montenegro hold seminar on Montenegro’s new Personal Data Protection Act
On 9 November 2026, BDK Advokati and the American Chamber of Commerce in Montenegro held a seminar in Podgorica on Montenegro’s new Personal Data Protection Act.
The new law aligns Montenegrin legislation with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will apply from 19 March 2027.
Around fifty representatives of leading companies operating in Montenegro attended the seminar.
BDK Advokati’s senior partner Bogdan Ivanišević, Podgorica-based partner Bisera Andrijašević and attorney at law Kristina Pintar gave presentations on the following topics:
- Principles relating to the processing of personal data
- Lawfulness of processing
- Processing of special categories of personal data
- Information to be provided to the data subject, and the rights of the data subject
- Joint controllers and the controller–processor relationship
- Obligations of controllers: records of processing activities, security of processing, personal data breach notification, data protection impact assessment, and designation of a data protection officer
- Transfers of personal data to third countries
- Processing in the employment context
- Remedies, liability and penalties
At the end of each thematic segment, the speakers summarized the steps companies should take in the coming months to prepare for the law before it begins to apply.
For more information on data protection matters, please contact Bogdan Ivanišević (Bogdan.Ivanisevic@bdkadvokati.com), Bisera Andrijašević (Bisera.Andrijasevic@bdkadvokati.com), or Kristina Pintar (Kristina.Pintar@bdkadvokati.com).
