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Draft Law on Personal Data Protection (2026 reform)

Draft Law on Personal Data Protection, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia, public consultation opened 30 July 2026

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Proposed: draft date not recorded.

A published draft that has not reached a legislature, dated 30 July 2026, as of 12 September 2026.

A comprehensive regime rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

Where it has got to

The text described here is Nacrt zakona o zaštiti podataka o ličnosti (Draft Law on Personal Data Protection), as published for public consultation, published 30 July 2026.

Locally, this stage is javna rasprava (public consultation).

The stage above is recorded at mpravde.gov.rs.

More on this stage

The Ministry of Justice held the public consultation from 30 July to 10 September 2026, with a round table on 7 September 2026. The Government has not adopted a bill for the National Assembly.

What it requires

  • This draft is not yet law. No obligation currently attaches to it; monitor for introduction to the National Assembly and adoption.

What this law does

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

The Ministry of Justice published a draft replacement Law on Personal Data Protection for public consultation on 30 July 2026, with consultation running through 10 September 2026.

The draft is reported to grow from 102 to 175 articles and restructure the law into three parts, adding an explicit legitimate-interest basis for AI training in exceptional cases, a video-surveillance regime with a six-month retention cap, and new biometric-identification and cross-border-transfer regimes not present in the current 2018 act. It has not been introduced to the National Assembly and has not been adopted; this instrument is not currently binding.

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Read the law

IAPP news analysis, corroborated by Chambers and Partners' 2026 practice guide describing the reform as well advanced

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