Basic information about the regulation

Name of regulation
Organizational status of the DPO
Citation
The controller and processor shall ensure that the data protection officer does not receive any instructions regarding the exercise of those tasks. He or she shall not be dismissed or penalised by the controller or the processor for performing his tasks. The data protection officer shall directly report to the highest management level of the controller or the processor.
Legislative localisation Chapter IV, Section 4, Article 38, Paragraph 3
Regulation
subject-matter
Position of the data protection officer (Article 38, Section 4, Chapter IV)
Regulation type Obligation
Indirect right
Regulation class Directive
Subjects of regulation
Obligation Controller
Processor
Indirect right Data protection officer
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