VIDEO: The role of the data protection officer

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The job and especially the role of a data protection officer combined with the tasks behind it are an important part of a company. But how does a company come to appoint a data protection officer?

What is the specific role of the data protection officer in the company?

A very good point, which also often leads to misunderstandings in practice. The data protection officer is not there to make specific decisions about data processing operations, nor is it part of his or her remit to do so; rather, his or her function is an advisory one, vis-à-vis the management, the highest governing body of an institution, but also, for example, vis-à-vis the data subjects, and it is here that he or she brings all his or her know-how, his or her expertise, to bear in order to find the best possible, most data-protection-friendly form of data processing for everyone involved.

In summary, the data protection officer is the classic advisor, the decisions are made by the responsible body, i.e. the company itself, and the data protection officer only acts in an advisory capacity.

 

These and other points are discussed in detail in the video:

Who makes the decision whether data processing may be carried out?

Are there differences between external & internal data protection officers?

Can anyone take on the role of internal data protection officer?

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Jan

Jan ist seit seiner erfolgreich abgeschlossenen Ausbildung als Business Development Manager bei der aigner business solutions tätig. Jan setzt seine Kreativität, Talent für Bildbearbeitung und Leidenschaft für Videoschnitt in unserer Marketingabteilung ein und unterstützt zudem den Vertriebsprozess bei ihren alltäglichen Aufgaben. Nicht zuletzt dürfen sich unsere Kunden und Follower stets über neue interessante Inhalte auf unseren Social Media Kanälen und in unseren Newslettern freuen.