The Parliament of Mongolia adopted the Law on Personal Data Protection on the 17^th of December 2021, effective from the 1^st of May 2022, which concerns collecting, processing, using, and protecting personal data.

The Commission, by law, provides a recommendation to the data controllers for preventing violations of human rights and freedoms to collecting, processing, and using sensitive personal data, and in addition, oversees concerns about the placement and use of audio, video, and audiovisual equipment and receives, inquiries, and resolves complaints about data controllers’ procedure of collecting and using of personal data.

A commissioner in charge of personal data protection has the following powers:

1. Oversees the implementation of personal data protection legislation, organizes public awareness and promotion works, in this regard, issues directives and recommendations to the relevant organizations, and gives comments on the draft regulation; 
2. In the course of collecting, processing, using, and protecting data, the commissioner assumes human rights and freedoms protected by law violated, or conditions for violation may arise after receiving the complaints and information in this regard, or her initiative starts to inquire and delivers directives and recommendations to relevant authorities on the matter;
3. Delivers directives and recommendations to the relevant authorities in the area of collecting, processing, using, and protecting sensitive data;
4. Receives and reviews data controllers’ registrations on violations detected in collecting, processing, and using data, measures taken to eliminate negative consequences, and delivers recommendations for further consideration;
5. Delivers recommendations on preventing human rights and freedoms violations when using automated processing technology for collecting, processing, and using data without human interventions;
6. Reflects issues on data protection, violations, and enforcement of the data owner’s rights in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Freedom in Mongolia.