DRŽAVNI CENTAR ZA UPRAVLJANJE I ČUVANJE PODATAKA

Digitization of public services implies the use of a great number of data of different nature which are used by public authorities. The importance of the information that this data carries requires an appropriate way of storing it, but also readiness for quick and efficient use in case of a need. For that purpose, the Republic of Serbia established the State Center for Data Management and Storage. This Center provides unique public data storage services for a large number of state authorities and organizations. Also this Center stores data entrusted by business entities. The importance of the Center is reflected in the strategic determination of the Republic of Serbia to invest in the secondary data storage, one of the largest in the region. Important activity of state data management and storage includes different legal and security aspects of Center and data. In this paper author tries to analyze the legal aspects of the State Center for Data Storage and Management, forms of services that this center provides to other public authorities and business entities. In addition, the analysis will indicate possible positive and negative aspects of data centralization within such a system. Moreover, the author gives recommendations for improving the information security of the center, from the legal aspects.