The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anita Demetriou, received today the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection Ms. Irene Loizidou, who handed over the Annual Report of her office for 2021, as well as the 2022 Annual Report of the same office in her capacity as Information Commissioner under the provisions of the Right of Access to Public Sector Information Law (No. While delivering the first of the above reports, Ms Loizidou referred to her role as an independent administrative authority, whose competence includes the supervision of the implementation of the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, stressing that as an institution she is fully committed to promoting transparency and accountability, as well as the protection of the rights of personal data subjects.
While delivering the first of the above reports, Ms Loizidou referred to her role as an independent administrative authority, whose competence includes the supervision of the implementation of the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, stressing that as an institution she is fully committed to the promotion of transparency and accountability, as well as the protection of the rights of personal data subjects. As he mentioned in this regard, indicative of the work carried out is the capture of the activity of the office in numbers. In 2021, one thousand (1000) queries, five hundred (500) complaints, sixty-three (63) decisions were issued and one hundred and eight (108) notifications of personal data breaches were made.
Regarding her second responsibility as Information Commissioner, Ms. Loizidou said that citizens have fully understood the importance of access to information of public authorities and have started to make use of the means provided to them under the relevant legislation (No. Law 184(I) of 2017).
For her part, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, praising the very important role that this office and its institution play in the context of consolidating the transparency of public life, as well as the protection of citizens' rights, stressed the need to develop and consolidate close cooperation with the House of Representatives in order to ensure the proper implementation of the relevant legislative framework in the areas of competence of Ms. Loisidou, with absolute respect, however, to the applicable principle of separation of powers and the Parliament as a body of constitutional authority, which as the legislative body of the Republic takes into account the positions of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, always within the framework of the internal operating procedures and practice in force under the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament.
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