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Tasks and duties of data protection officers

The data protection officer occupies a special position as the interface between the company management and the company's data protection concerns.

The designation Data Protection Officer is not a job title. Rather, the data protection officer is the body that monitors data protection in the company and points out deficiencies in data protection law to the company management or makes recommendations for legally compliant data protection. The tasks of the data protection officer are defined in the GDPR (Article 39) expressly regulated:

Tasks of data protection officers at a glance

  • The Data Protection Officer informs the company management about current data protection regulations and decisions of the supervisory authorities. 
  • To the Central tasks of a data protection officer includes the long-term and regular monitoring of compliance with data protection regulations. It must be involved at an early stage in all issues relevant to data protection law. 
  • The Data Protection Officer is available to data subjects and employees of the company in matters of data protection law. You can consult the data protection officer on all data protection issues.
  • The Data Protection Officer is the contact person for supervisory authorities.

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