Designating a Data Protection Officer: Key Considerations
Published on: 15/05/2018
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Eimear Boyle Former Senior Associate at Mathesons
Eimear Boyle Former Senior Associate at Mathesons
Eimear boyle

Eimear has extensive corporate employment law and data protection expertise, and supports HR managers and directors, senior executives and business owners through the challenges of employee investigations, disciplinary proceedings and workplace litigation together with day-to-day employment contractual and policy queries and strategic HR planning.

In the third of the series by Crowley Solicitors on data processing in the workplace, Eimear Boyle explains when a DPO is required and the scope of their role.  The DPO’s duties and responsibilities are highlighted and consideration is given to whether a Privacy Officer, as distinct from a DPO, is more appropriate.

Who needs to consider appointing a DPO in their business/organisation? ⚓︎

  • Public authorities/bodies; or
  • Controllers or processors whose core activities consist of regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale; or
  • Controllers or processors whose core activities consist of the processing on a large scale of special category/sensitive personal data and personal data relating to criminal convictions.

(See Article 37 of the GDPR (plus

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 15/05/2018
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