Safeguarding personal data in pandemic conditions
Tbilisi. As the pandemic pushes education, healthcare, and other public services online, putting huge amounts of personal data in the digital domain, the protection of citizens’ privacy assumes even greater importance. This was the main message of a public information campaign launched by Georgia’s State Inspector’s Service (SIS) to mark Data Protection Day, which culminated in an online conference on 28 January dedicated to the introduction of data protection into the higher education curriculum in Georgia.
Supported by the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the week-long campaign engaged state agencies, civil society, schools, and citizens and covered a wide array of topics, from processing health-related information and using social media to launching new educational programs in data protection.
Source: eeas.europa.eu
