On 28 January we marked the European Data Protection Day – on this date in 1981 the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 on the protection of personal information was adopted - the first legally binding international law in the field of data protection.
Once again we addressed the issue of privacy and data protection which is often overlooked but actually has significant role in our everyday life as users.
The idea to present this topic to a larger public in Bulgaria through short animated video materials was born in 2016 and came to life thanks to the support from our partners in Romania – the Association for Technology and Internet (ApTI). The videos are dedicated to the myriad of diverse interactions of citizens with information technologies throughout their daily activities - by visually representing a series of typical everyday situations, every episode of the series sheds light on the often overlooked, but complex issues of the digital society, including topics related to information management, security on the Internet, digital rights, privacy and data protection.
The project is supported by the Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection, which finances the technical implementation of the video adjustment for Bulgaria. CPDP will mark the European Data Protection Day for yet another year with a line of public events which are taking place today – 30 January – in the CPDP’s building.
Among the initiatives is the Children Competition themed “What the others know about me”, on which you could find more information here (information provided in Bulgarian language).
Follow the series of short video adaptations in Bulgarian language dedicated to privacy which we will be publishing throughout the following days at LIBRe’s website and our Facebook page.
For more information regarding the materials and their copyrights, you could contact the LIBRe Team.