Belgian DPA Issues Recommendation on DPO Appointment under GDPR
Recently, the Belgian Privacy Commission (the “Belgian DPA”) released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) regarding the requirement to appoint a data protection officer (“DPO”) under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
The Recommendation aims to provide guidance in response to the many questions that the Belgian DPA has received so far regarding the DPO function, in particular regarding the compatibility of the DPO function with other existing functions within a company (e.g., security officer, compliance officer, risk manager, human resources director, IT director).
