What is a ‘Data Protection Officer’ (DPO) under EU law?

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12 min readMar 13, 2019

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Key points:

EU data protection law imposes a duty on (1) public authorities or bodies, AND (2) organizations that carry out certain types of processing activities to appoint a data protection officer (DPO).

DPO’s assist in monitoring internal compliance, inform and advise on data protection obligations, provide advice regarding Data Protection…

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