Georgia: The Personal Data Protection Service (PDPS) recently held an informational meeting with the principals of Georgian, ethnic minority Armenian and Azerbaijani schools in Tsalka Municipality. The meeting was led by the Service’s Personal Data Protection Officer, Tengiz Mamulia, and Education Expert Tamar Abazadze.
The details of the meeting were shared by Personal Data Protection Service (PDPS) on its official Facebook account on 10 April, 2025. The details were accompanied by images of the meeting that showed their dedication and hard work in creating awareness regarding personal data protection.
During the meeting, the representatives of the Service introduced the audience to the main aspects of personal data protection and the standard for personal data processing. Furthermore, special attention was paid to the protection of personal information of minors.
The meeting included data protection basics, customer rights, recognizing and reporting data breaches, everyday data security, and handling personal data correctly.
The meeting was held in an interactive mode and touched upon the challenges of data processing identified in everyday activities. At the end, the audience was presented with a brochure developed by the Service – “Personal Data Protection in the Educational Sector”.
Importance of Data Protection by PDPS
In this world of rapidly changing technology, data protection is highly important because it safeguards many forms of delicate information such as, name, postal and email addresses, telephone number, driving license, bank details, credit card information, passport, and social security numbers.
In addition, fraud and cyber crimes like phishing, tracking, viruses, and more are becoming rampant but with data protection, those issues can be neutralized.
Data protection knowledge is significant in the education sector, because it involves the collecting of students’ personal information such as academic records, health records, parents’ bank details, and more. Moreover, educational institutions conduct research on several sensitive topics which should remain confidential until fully understood.
