Inspector’s Office Participates in an Information Campaign Against Cybercrime
2016-07-05 13:39:00July 5, 2016. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia launched information campaign against cybercrime. The Office of Personal Data Protection Inspector participates in it.
Tamar Kaldani, the Personal Data Protection Inspector, addressed public at the official launching ceremony of the campaign at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In her speech, she stressed the importance of joint efforts of the public and private sectors to tackle cybercrime and raise public awareness on this issue.
Kaldani believes that cybercrime is a global challenge as well as an important issue for Georgia in conditions of extended electronic transmissions, usage of social networks and other means of electronic communication. Public awareness on data security and preventive measures, however, remains low. The cybercrime can cause not only material damage but mental harm as well. According to the researches damage caused by cybercrime will exceed 2 trillion by 2019. It should be noted that one and a half million personal data is lost or stolen daily, unfortunately data of Georgian citizens are included in these figures.
Giorgi Mghebrishvili, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, has come up with an initiative to organize a cybercrime awareness week once per year, because he believes the best way to fight against this kind of crime is prevention and raising public awareness.
“It is essential for citizens to have information on where, how and who shall be addressed in case of a cybercrime and if their personal data are processed illegally. Therefore, the Personal Data Protection Inspector joins the Ministry of Internal Affairs' campaign against cybercrime, aiming to reduce and prevent this kind of crime as much as possible,” Kaldani said.