A Data Protection Officer (DPO) is a person in charge of verifying the compliance of personal data processing with the applicable law. The DPO communicates information on processing personal data such as its: purposes, interconnections, types, categories of data subjects, length of retention and department(s) in charge of implementing processing. DPOs may be required by law or recommended.
The UK Data Protection Act 2018 (UK GDPR) largely mirrors the European Union’s GDPR and requires that data controllers and data processors designate a DPO in any case where:
A DPO is not mandatory for every organization but is highly recommended.