Personal Information
Date of Birth: December 15, 1972
Phone: +40755850053
Email: nicolae.ploesteanu@umfst.ro

Education
October 19, 2000 – July 15, 2005: PhD (Doctor), Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy, Bucharest, Romania
August 29, 1991 – July 26, 1995: Bachelor of Law, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Experience
October 01, 1997 – Present: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology `G.E. Palade` of Târgu Mureș, Romania. Assistant Professor, Head of Data Protection Research Center
March 01, 2017 – Present: Consultant, SC AMPLUSNET SRL, Târgu Mureș, Romania
September 01, 2009 – March 01. 2011: Deputy General Manager of General Human Resources Department, Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs
March 01, 2006 – September 01. 2009: Head of the International Law, European Law and Human Rights Department of the General Juridical Directorate, Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs
August 26, 1995 – March 01, 1997: General Police Inspectorate of Mures County, Romania

Trainings and Courses
April 01, 2011 – June 30, 2011: Geneva Center for Security Policies (GCSP), Geneva, Switzerland, Certified in Global Piece and Security – Challenges and Responses
October 01, 2008 – July 20, 2009: Romanian National Institute for Administration, Bucharest, Romania, Graduate of a Specialized Training Programme for occupying a High Civil Servant position.
June 11, 2007 – June 15, 2007: George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Berlin, Germany Graduate of a course in International Law and Conflict

Law Related Implementations
– I have in-depth knowledge of Regulation 1725/2018 and the standards of personal data protection, through studies and research undertaken at university as a lecturer and researcher.
– In the period 2006-2010 I undertook, among others, regulatory tasks and the coordination of regulation within the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The first internal normative act on the protection of personal data was adopted by the HR department of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs as a result of my initiative and with my support.
– The ability to identify practical solutions in the field of data protection is one of the activities I excel at, having had the chance to develop pioneering projects in the field. For example, in collaboration with Amplusnet company, I created the first Romanian self-assessment software concerning data protection compliance. The audit method, the content of the questions and the recommendations were later published in the book: “Practical guide for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation”.
– As Director of the Data Protection Research Centre, I organised numerous conferences and social events on the topic of personal data protection, all with the aim of informing and raising awareness of data subjects. Each project addressed a specific category of data subjects (e.g. doctors, teachers, traders, public servants or students). Among these projects, the event that I am most fond of was a competition we organised „Art, Privacy and Law”, in which art high school students competed with 64 thematic works (painting, graphics, sketches) expressing their perception of human rights and privacy. The most recent action was the referral to Europe Direct Contact Centre (case number 101000723526) of a possible inconsistency between Directive 680/2018 and the GDPR, thus trying to contribute to a most rigorous application of data protection principles in the European Union.
– In my current job, at G.E. Palade University, I am often consulted when policies or procedures are drafted. Personally, I have drafted and written policies and procedures specific to the field, and I have published several of them in the first volume specific to public administration in Romania titled “Protection of personal data. Templates and forms”.

Teacher and Coordinator
2001 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international human rights competition Renee Cassin, Strasbourg, France.
2003 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Telders International Law Moot Court, The Hague, winner of the national phase against the University of Bucharest.
2007 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Telders International Law Moot Court, The Hague, winner of the national phase against the University of Bucharest, University of Timișoara.
2010 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Telders International Law Moot Court, The Hague, winner of the national phase against the University of Bucharest, University of Timișoara, University of Sibiu „Lucian Blaga”.
2012 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Telders International Law Moot Court, The Hague, winner of the national phase against the University of Bucharest,
2013 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Vis Willem, Vienna, international arbitration moot law competition.
2015 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Vis Willem, Vienna, international arbitration moot law competition.
2016 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Telders International Law Moot Court, The Hague, winner of the national phase against the University of Bucharest, Babes Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca and Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.
2018 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș (new UMFST “G.E. Palade”) at the international competition Will Willem, Wienna, international arbitration moot law competition
2021 – coach of the student team of Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureș at the international competition Vis Willem, Vienna, international arbitration moot law competition.

Published Books
– Nicolae-Dragoș PLOEȘTEANU (coord.), Civil Law Institutions 484 pages, Editura Universitará, Bucharest, 2014, ISBN 978-606-28-0012-3;
– Nicolae-Dragoș PLOEȘTEANU and others, The right to a healthy environment, 206 pages, Universitará Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013, ISBN 978-606-591-826-9,
– Nicolae-Dragoș PLOEȘTEANU, Cessation of international treaties, 311 pages, Veritas Publishing House, Targu Mures 2009, ISBN 973-99705-0-8;
– Nicolae-Dragoș PLOEȘTEANU and others, Law of treaties. Notion of theory and practice, 444 pages, Ed. Ministry of Interior and Reforms (CNCSIS Code 270), Bucharest, 2008, ISBN 978
– 973-745-063-0

Skills
Public Speaking, Microsoft Office, Team work , Research, Cooking

Languanges
English (C1), French (B2), German (B1)