Within the current context of reform of the European Union’s legal framework on the protection of personal data a meeting was organised on the 18^th June 2014 between Mrs. Anca OPRE, president of the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing and Mr. Giovanni Buttarelli, Assistant European Data Protection Supervisor.

Bearing in mind the importance of observing every individual’s right to private life, the president of the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing welcomed this first high-level visit in Romania of representatives of the European Data Protection Supervisor.

On this occasion Mr. Giovanni Buttarelli highlighted the availability of his institution as regards the diversification of the ways in which it collaborates with its Romanian counterpart within the perspective of the cohesion mechanisms provided within the draft Regulation on personal data proposed by the European Commission.

Both parties expressed their intent to increase their mutual collaboration in this field with a view of protection the data subjects’ rights as regard the processing of their personal data.

Legal and Communication Dept.
NSAPDP