Tag Archives: DPO

Is DPO recent downgrade a real understatement?

Is the DPO role requirement downgrade, out of the recent EP position and Council General Approach (15/06/2015), a real understatement or a need for an intermediate shorter but common step ahead for all Member States? The Data Protection matter seems affected by annoyance and embarrassment both on the side of single individuals, which should feel themselves… Read More »

DPO and digital transformation. Comments on EU Council decisions

The EU Council’s proposal for the Personal Data Protection Regulation approved on the 11th of June makes the DPO no longer mandatory for anyone. What did it mean for the DPO to be mandatory in the previous versions of the forthcoming Personal Data Protection Regulation? The digital transformation, or however you may call the big changes in our lives… Read More »

Data Protection Officer: not mandatory anymore

“The controller or the processor may, or where required by Union or Member State law shall, designate a data protection officer”. This is the opening of Article 35 of the Regulation as amended and approved by the EU Council on the 11th of June and which the Presidency submits for approval as a General Approach.… Read More »

Data Protection Officer: professional skills and requirements

Pursuant to article 35 c. 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation COM(2012)11), Data Protection Officer (DPO) must have professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and ability to fulfill the tasks referred into the following article 37. This would means that the level of required expert knowledge… Read More »