AUGUST 15, 2012 CHISINAU. National Centre for Personal Data Protection launches the Register of Personal Data Operators. The action shall bring into force the provisions of the Law on personal data protection . According to law, personal data operators are required to notify the national authority for personal data protection before starting processing the personal data. At the same time, this action aims to accomplish the item 37 of the National Program for implementing the EU - Moldova Action Plan on visa liberalization .

The Register is an informational system that makes it possible to register online and keep record of all personal data operators. It also allows registration of databases, informational and IT systems which store and process the personal data. The beneficiaries of the new product are both the personal data operators that are obliged to register in compliance with the Law on personal data protection and any person who will be able to find out what entities and for what purposes are processing their personal data.

This IT solution provides a public web interface whereby the public access is granted as well as the possibility to see the public information regarding the personal data operators and the registered IT or informational systems. It also provides the possibility to access monitoring, ensuring maximum security and confidentiality of limited access data and of users.

Benefits sought as result of Register implementation:
- increased efficiency and transparency of the National Centre for Personal Data Protection;
- reduced inconveniences related to the process of receiving applications for registration, modification or deletion of data form the Register;
- ensured the possibility for electronic data exchange;
- popularized information services and services for processing the application on-line;
- reduced the costs of processing the applications of personal data operators;
- reduced the costs of processing information on traditional material support (paper) by switching to exclusively digital processing of information.

The Register will be managed by the National Centre for Personal Data Protection in compliance with the Governmental Decision no. 296 of 15 May 2012 on approving the Regulation of the Register of personal data operators .
Informational system for developing the service of the Register of personal data operators has been purchased by E-Governance Centre, and the costs were covered by State’s Budgetary Fund. The system was implemented by SC "TEAMNET" SA in collaboration with SC "TEAMNET" SRL.