//BindEvents Method @1-66E006BE function BindEvents() { global $conf_title; global $fs_registration_paper; global $CCSEvents; $conf_title->CCSEvents["BeforeShow"] = "conf_title_BeforeShow"; $fs_registration_paper->file_name2->CCSEvents["BeforeShow"] = "fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow"; $fs_registration_paper->CCSEvents["BeforeShow"] = "fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow"; $CCSEvents["BeforeShow"] = "Page_BeforeShow"; } //End BindEvents Method //conf_title_BeforeShow @320-04091893 function conf_title_BeforeShow(& $sender) { $conf_title_BeforeShow = true; $Component = & $sender; $Container = & CCGetParentContainer($sender); global $conf_title; //Compatibility //End conf_title_BeforeShow //DLookup @321-13A93872 global $DBnispa; $Page = CCGetParentPage($sender); $ccs_result = CCDLookUp("name", "fs_conferences", "cid= " . CCGetFromGet("cid",0), $Page->Connections["nispa"]); $Component->SetValue($ccs_result); //End DLookup //Close conf_title_BeforeShow @320-C61F15C1 return $conf_title_BeforeShow; } //End Close conf_title_BeforeShow //fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow @163-11F34186 function fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow(& $sender) { $fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow = true; $Component = & $sender; $Container = & CCGetParentContainer($sender); global $fs_registration_paper; //Compatibility //End fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow //Custom Code @165-2A29BDB7 // ------------------------- // Write your own code here. // ------------------------- //End Custom Code //Close fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow @163-01E838B9 return $fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow; } //End Close fs_registration_paper_file_name2_BeforeShow //fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow @99-E99547A1 function fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow(& $sender) { $fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow = true; $Component = & $sender; $Container = & CCGetParentContainer($sender); global $fs_registration_paper; //Compatibility //End fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow //Custom Code @121-2A29BDB7 // ------------------------- // Write your own code here. // ------------------------- //End Custom Code //Close fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow @99-025686C7 return $fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow; } //End Close fs_registration_paper_BeforeShow //Page_BeforeShow @1-4FEDCA71 function Page_BeforeShow(& $sender) { $Page_BeforeShow = true; $Component = & $sender; $Container = & CCGetParentContainer($sender); global $conf_paper_details2022; //Compatibility //End Page_BeforeShow //Custom Code @615-2A29BDB7 // ------------------------- // Write your own code here. // ------------------------- //End Custom Code //Close Page_BeforeShow @1-4BC230CD return $Page_BeforeShow; } //End Close Page_BeforeShow Paper/Speech Details of Conference Programme | NISPAcee Information Portal

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 Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program  

for the  30th NISPAcee Annual Conference
  Program Overview
WG9: The Rule of Law & Public Administration
Author(s)  Grega Rudolf 
  The Information Commissioner's Office
Ljubljana  Slovenia
Polonca Kovač, Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 
 
 Title  Personal data protection and the role of Information Commissioner in the COVID-19 circumstances in Slovenia
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Presenter  Grega Rudolf
Abstract  
  
Personal data protection and the role of Information Commissioner in the COVID-19 circumstances in Slovenia

Grega Rudolf, Assistant of legal advisor; Information commissioner RS and Polonca Kovač, Ph.D., professor; Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken against it have had a tremendous impact on the vast majority of public institutions in general, while also being prominent for impacting the balance and the enforcement of many human rights such as the right to health, right to privacy, freedom of movement, right to data protection. Rapidly changing measures taken by the Slovenian government in 2020 and 2021 have created numerous challenges impacting both the citizens and the supervisory authorities, especially Information Commissioner (IC) as a regulatory and supervising body complaint to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this paper, we will investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic and measures attributed to it have affected personal data protection field.
The main aim of the research is to analyse the annual reports of Slovenian IC before and during the COVID-19 pandemic to assess the expected difference in the amount as well as content of IC’s reviews related to data protection. Our study will also address how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the number of written opinions provided by the IC based on the questions submitted by other authorities or private subjects, particularly as regards to balancing various rights. The core analysis will be dedicated to the number and results of IP’s inspection supervisions over the alleged infringers of individual privacy rights in 2020 and 2021 as opposed to 2018 and 2019 period.
Methodology applied will include European and Slovenian legal framework overview, statistical analysis of IC’ reports, case studies of specifically outstanding issues, selective comparative insights and case law. Moreover, we will critically assess the draft Slovenian Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-2) as of November 2021 in terms of its (lack of) compliance with GDPR. With that in mind, we hypothesise that the rights to data protection have been during the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia subordinated compared to other rights and pre-COVID-19 era. Additionally, considering that the pandemic has triggered the fast advancement of digitalisation, we will study how digitalisation affects personal data protection. Consequently, the paper will be beneficial to both scholars and practitioners in comparable countries.

Keywords: COVID-19, personal data protection, privacy, digitalisation, Information Commissioner, Slovenia