Commissioner’s Office for the Right to Information and Protection of Personal Data

Organisation name in original language

Zyra e Komisionerit për të Drejtën e Informimit dhe Mbrojtjen e të Dhënave Personale

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Albania

Website URL

https://www.idp.al/?lang=en

Type(s) of body

Data Protection Authority (DPA)

Address

Rruga Abdi Toptani, Building 5, 1001 Tirana

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Legal source(s)

  • Law No 119/2014 on the Right to Information
  • Law No 9887 on Personal Data Protection, dated 10 March 2008, as amended

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • Performing promotional activities
  • Other

Specific mandates

  • Freedom of information
  • Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Interactions with various public authorities for the implementation and supervision of laws
  • Engagement with civil-society organisations

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Participation in the International Conference of Information Commissioners and the Global Privacy Assembly
  • Cooperation with the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

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