GDPR - Tasks of the Data Protection Officer - Data Protection Officer Responsibilities

Recital - 97.
Data Protection Officer
Executive Summary
Name a Data Protection Officer and put their contact information on your Consent forms and website.
Recital Text
Where the processing is carried out by a public authority, except for courts or independent judicial authorities when acting in their judicial capacity, where, in the private sector, processing is carried out by a controller whose core activities consist of processing operations that require regular and systematic monitoring of the data subjects on a large scale, or where the core activities of the controller or the processor consist of processing on a large scale of special categories of personal data and data relating to criminal convictions and offences, a person with expert knowledge of data protection law and practices should assist the controller or processor to monitor internal compliance with this Regulation. In the private sector, the core activities of a controller relate to its primary activities and do not relate to the processing of personal data as ancillary activities. The necessary level of expert knowledge should be determined in particular according to the data processing operations carried out and the protection required for the personal data processed by the controller or the processor. Such data protection officers, whether or not they are an employee of the controller, should be in a position to perform their duties and tasks in an independent manner.
Executive Summary
The data protection officer shall have at least the following tasks:

- To inform and advise the obligations pursuant to GDPR;
- To monitor compliance with GDPR and with the data protection; policies of the controller or processor and other regulatory bodies;
- To assign responsibilities regarding data protection;
- To raise awareness and train staff involved in processing;
- To train staff related with internal audits;
- To provide advice where requested on DPIAs;
- To act as contact and cooperate with the supervisory authority