A1 Expert on Data Protection in Belarus: Businesses Need to Do More

28 January is celebrated worldwide as the International Data Protection Day. This annual event is aimed at raising awareness of the best ways to protect your personal data.

For many Belarusian companies, personal data processing has always been a mere formality. What makes this approach a direct threat to the company's reputation? How do regulatory bodies respond to violations? How can businesses protect themselves? MYFIN asked these and other crucial questions to Anastasia Kunets, a data processing consultant at A1.

About A1

Today, A1 is an acclaimed leader of the Belarusian telecommunications services market. Its solid expertise is confirmed by independent quality tests and consumers' trust. This fact is proven by A1 winning in two categories at the Number One Awards: based on open online customer voting, A1 has become No. 1 Mobile Service Provider and No. 1 Internet Provider!

А1 has the biggest number (> 14,000) of its own GSM and UMTS sites in Belarus. On top of that, the company has got the maximum scores across most cumulative parameters that are used to assess the quality of telecom services, as per the independent regulator BelGIE. To see the BelGIE rating, head to хваля.бел.