Diana Caraman
Diana Caraman, chairwoman of the PCRM faction, recalled at the parliamentary meeting that the problem has existed for more than two years and all state institutions recognize it.
“It is incomprehensible why the government, which itself has admitted that violations of their rights and data protection are recorded against former entrepreneurs in the trade sector – due to the fact that their surname, name, identification code, address are published in the receipts they issue to citizens – still does not react. For more than six months our project, which provides for the protection of their personal data, cannot get a response from the government,” said Caraman.
The National Center for Personal Data Protection recognized this as a “violation of legislation.”
“We have informed both deputies and all the authorities involved that this is indeed a problem and intervention is necessary, but this is within the competence of the government, the Ministry of Finance and the Tax Service,” said Angela Colomiicenco, deputy director of the center.
Circle of promises
In turn, the government assures that work on the problem is underway and a solution will be found.
Earlier, the Commission for Economy, Budget and Finance promised to analyze the problem and to support the PCRM project on the introduction of a moratorium on inspections and sanctions against individuals carrying out independent activity until the introduction of a mechanism for the protection (coding) of personal data in the fiscal documentation process.
The discussions took place in the context of discussing the draft ratification of the Protocol on the updating of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. The Convention was adopted more than 35 years ago. Against the background of new challenges related to the widespread use of information and communication technologies, globalization of personal data processing and increased cross-border flows of such data, it has become necessary to strengthen the norms and adapt them to modern realities.
