Several public servants are being educated on the precautions to be taken when sharing documents in social media groups and methods of preventing cyber attacks, in a training cycle by technicians from Data Protection Agency.
The training is part of the Data Protection Training Program for Public Institutions (PRODIP) of the Data Protection Agency (APD), and also served to clarify the employees of that ministerial Department about the general requirements for the processing and communication of personal data, as well as the procedures for the international transfer of the same.
The staff were also informed about the rights of citizens as holders of personal data and the importance of information security.
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Similar training sessions have already been carried out at the Ministries of Social Action, Family and Women's Promotion (MASFAMU) and Finance.
The content taught includes the fundamentals of the Personal Data Protection Law, the principles for the processing of personal data, focal elements such as purpose, proportionality, veracity, transparency, lawfulness and duration of the retention period of personal data.
