A seminar on Personal Data Protection Trends Was Held for Employees of the Agencies within the Structure of MLSP

Identifying the aspects of personal data protection in digital environment and determining the role and tasks of data protection officers were discussed during the first information seminar for 2024, implemented under the Operational Plan for trainings of the state administration to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MLSP).

The training was held as a videoconference meeting through the Distance Learning Platform of CHRDRI on March 28^th.

The lecturer of this seminar, Hristo Alaminov from the Commission for Personal Data Protection presented the rules and regulations in the area. Trends in the field of personal data protection, including new European legislative initiatives in relation to the European Data Strategy, were also examined.

Ivan Bakalov, Director of CHRDRI opened the seminar with a greeting to all participants. He also disclosed some information regarding the themes of the upcoming trainings for the administration.

"In 2024, together with the information seminars that will take place in person and remotely, we have planned and will carry out methodological seminars relating to all policies that the Employment Agency, the Agency for Social Assistance, the Agency for People with Disabilities and other have to implement", pointed Mr. Bakalov and added that such methodological seminars represent a new form of trainings developed applied for several months now. They are entirely focused on the activities of the daily work of the experts and relate to the application of regulations, the interpretation of various legal issues, etc.

The seminars will be facilitated in Sofia and in the Regional Directorates of CHRDRI in the towns of Pazardzhik, Smolyan, Stara Zagora, Burgas and Pleven.