Description
“The protection of personal data is a fundamental right!” is the project suggested by the Association for Technology and Internet in collaboration with Activewatch and the Foundation for an Open Society. In the current situation of a lack of useful information in Romanian about privacy and protection of personal data, the project will increase the level of awareness and involvement of these subjects. With the target group the Romanian citizens and users of Internet, the project will include activities of awareness of these fundamental rights by a digital campaign and by using creatively the visual methods of online information. The second set of actions will focus on the involvement of the NGOs and citizens in respecting these rights by advocacy and by enforcement of their rights - from the right to access the personal data up to strategic litigation cases. The beneficiaries of the project are citizens, but also groups discriminated by illegal processing of sensitive data - e.g. related to ethnic origin, sexual life or religious beliefs. The project will overcome the obstacles of limited information of these rights to target the expected awareness results.
Summary of project results
The project’s main aim was to promote the rights to privacy and the protection of personal data in Romania. The major outcome – which has been the result of many factors – is represented by the results of monitoring the public policies. Among the policies monitored there two very important for the Promoter’s activity: the proposed laws of mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM cards and Wi-Fi internet users that was considered unconstitutional by the Romanian Constitutional Court, and the proposed law for cybersecurity. The public decisions regarding these laws (together with the one against data retention) are a foundation stone of the right to privacy in Romanian human rights decisions and in any future discussion on regulations that will impact privacy In the same time, the project focused on raising awareness on data protection and privacy issues on the Promoter’s blog
https://privacy.apti.ro, attracting until the end of the implementation period over 180,000 unique visitors in Romania. Short animation videos that raised awareness on privacy issues were created and launched during the project. They were very well received by a larger audience, from Romania and abroad, taking into consideration the number of views, shares and likes (over 300,000 views on social networks and TV; more than 25,000 promotions through social networks and video-sharing websites). A high interest was shown for the project, demonstrated by the interest shown in translating the information about data protection in other languages or the second prize obtained at the European competition MILLER for open educational resources.
Summary of bilateral results