Category Archives: Data Protection Officer

DPO

Less than a month before the GDPR  coming  into force, it happens more and more often to see discussions, both online and during conferences, about the DPO’s role, its skills and competencies  , its operational activities, the fact that she/he can or can’t do his job effectively in the company where the GDPR has been… Read More »

Some news from the website of Italian Data Protection Authority

In these last days, the privacy Italian Data Protection Authority’s website has published some important news visible at the following links http://garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/8036793 http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/7322292 http://194.242.234.211/documents/10160/0/Guida+all+applicazione+del+Regolamento+UE+2016+679.pdf It is about: 1)      New Faq on the DPO 2)      Model of data communication of the DPO ex article 37 paraf. 7 GDPR 3)      Guide to the application of EU Regulation… Read More »

The ‘good officer’ that controls our data. How to appoint a DPO

The appointment of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) is one of the most controversial points of the implementation of the new Reg. EU 2016/679 on data protection. The Data Protection Authority provides guidance on this matter through a series of FAQs. The DPO is a key figure that is mandatory for public and private health facilities… Read More »

Dpo certification scheme: Spain arrives first!!

AEDP is the first in EU to issue with ENAC a Dpo certification scheme
As below:

https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/index-ides-idphp.php
https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/revista_prensa/revista_prensa/2017/notas_prensa/news/2017_07_13-ides-idphp.php
https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/temas/reglamento/common/pdf/Certificacion/ESQUEMA_AEPD_DPD_PUBLICO_1.0.pdf

Final DPO Guidelines

Following three months of consultation (with the contribution of Europrivacy as well), Working Party Art29 adopted, on April 5 2017, the final guidelines regarding Portability of Data, Data Protection Officer (DPO) and the criteria for the identification of the “lead authority” according to the GDPR. In addition, the WP29 during the plenary meeting of April… Read More »

GDPR in practice

Everybody is talking about GDPR in every session at Security Summit this year, whatever the topic, but in practice what companies are doing to get prepared? Alessandro Vallega started from here to introduce the conference dedicated by Europrivacy to the new European Regulation, on the second day of the Summit organized by Clusit in Milan.… Read More »

Terminology differences between D.lgs 196/2003 and GDPR Regulation (EU) 2016/679

One of the benefits introduced by GDPR is about conforming the terminology at European level. But it is verifiable a disadvantage related to the figures involved, leaving the Italian scheme of D. Lgs. 196/2003 and considering the linguistic difference.                Lgs.196/2003                  … Read More »

DPO: the responses of the Privacy Authority to frequently asked questions

  Here come the answers of the Privacy Aythority to frequently asked questions asked about the DPO (ex art. 37 Reg UE 2016/679) Below the link in both Italian and English http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/5930300 http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/image/document/2016-51/wp243_annex_en_40856.pdf   Please find here below the answer n. 10 that in my opinion integrates and responds to the discussion that followed the… Read More »