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GDPR

Data Protection Officer

Acronym : DPO

The DPO is the person responsible for ensuring GDPR compliance within the organization: advising, monitoring, training teams and acting as the point of contact with the data protection authority.

Why it matters

Appointing one is mandatory for certain organizations (public sector, large-scale processing) and strongly recommended for others to centralize GDPR compliance.

Concrete example

A company appoints a part-time outsourced DPO to maintain its record of processing activities and handle data subject requests.

Related notions

GDPR complianceSupervisory authorityRecord of processing activities

Related terms

Data Protection Impact AssessmentRecord of Processing ActivitiesLegal Basis

Go further

DPO: should you appoint a data protection officer? GDPR: the most common mistakes made by SMEs

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