Alibaba, one of the world’s largest retail and e-commerce companies, and Oath Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon operating under the Yahoo! brand (amongst others), have appointed Karanovic & Partners as their data protection representatives in Serbia.
In this capacity, Karanovic & Partners is authorised to act on behalf of these companies in relation to their obligations under the Serbian Data Protection Law, so that the Serbian privacy watchdog, data subjects and other parties can address it (in addition to or instead of the companies themselves) with any data processing questions and requests. Of course, data subjects can also continue to communicate directly with Alibaba and Oath Inc./Verizon, including, in relation to exercising their rights under the Serbian Data Protection Law, using their contact details indicated in their respective privacy notices.
The news has also been published on the website of the Serbian Commissionaire for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection:
- https://www.poverenik.rs/sr/актуелности/3466-yahoo-именоваo-представника-за-републику-србију-у-складу-са-законом-о-заштити-података-о-личности.html
- https://www.poverenik.rs/sr/актуелности/3429-alibaba-именовала-представника-за-републику-србију-у-складу-са-законом-о-заштити-података-о-личности.html
