This dissertation was written as part of the Master of Science (MSc) in Communications and Cybersecurity at the International Hellenic University during the academic year 2017-2018. Thesis is separated in 6 chapters.
In the introductory chapter, a historic flashback of the most important directives, treaties and legislations which created before the so much discussed GDPR will be presented alongside with some references to the first appearance of the term DPO.
In the second chapter, the issues of which organizations should have an appointed DPO, if there is a possibility of an external DPO are going to be presented. In addition, what skills and expertise a DPO should have in order to be able to fulfil his duties according to the GDPR will be addressed.
In the third chapter the new role and the position of the DPO will be further analysed, focusing mostly on the necessary resources that a DPO should have so as to be able to fulfil his/her tasks; in addition, the DPO’s independence and conflicts of interest and issues regarding his dismissal or penalty for performing DPO tasks will be addressed.
In the fourth chapter the explicit tasks that a DPO holds under the GDPR as mentioned in Article 39(1) of the Regulation will be examined in detail.
In the fifth chapter the implicit tasks that a DPO holds under the GDPR will be examined in detail. The tasks and the responsibilities that he/she has to carry out and does not mentioned in the GDPR explicitly.
In the final chapter, which constitutes the dissertation’s opinion, the responsibility of the DPO in cases of non-compliance is going to be analysed. Moreover, the advantages the GDPR has brought concerning the protection of personal data will be addressed.
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