Administrative protection of the confidentiality of spatial information in the Republic of Macedonia

Risteski, Temelko

The protection of the confidentiality (secrecy) of the spatial information have a great importance in the prevention of maleficent activities from the part of the unasked persons against security of the Republic of Macedonia, defense, public security, security of the citizens, economy and other social values. It is generaly regulated by Law on Classified Information. In the paper the problems linked with the classification of the spatial information, and its administrative protection according the degree of the confidence (secrecy) will be analyzed, as: receipt and recording of classified data; storing, handling and control of classifieed information; reproductions, translations and extracts making from the documents which contains classified information; distribution and dissemination of documents; transmission of documents: disposal and destruction of classified information and measures which should be taken in the cases of compromises, unauthorized release and breaches of security of documents which contains classified spatial information. Administrative protection of spatial information is regulated by the Decree on Administrative Security of Classified Inforamtion Special Law (Lex specialis) which contains the enactment for protection of the spatial inrformation is the Law on Real Estate Cadastre. Acording this Law, competent state body for the protection of those information is the The Agency for Real Estate Cadastre. Acording the Law, the Agency shall undertake legal, organizational and technologic procedures and measures to secure the paper and electronic Geodetic- Cadastral information System (GCIS) information in order to prevent illicit acquisition, processing, safeguarding, use or transfer of data, accidental or intentional change or destruction of the data, as well as illegal reallocation of the data outside the Agencyys premises.

Event: International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructure 2010

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