Explore key Regulations for Appointing a Data Protection Officer

Article 1: Definitions

Article 2: Scope of Application of the Decree by Law

Article 3: Bureau's Power of Exemption

Article 4: Cases of Processing Personal Data without the Consent of its Owner

Article 5: Personal Data Processing Controls

Article 6: Terms of Consent to Data Processing

Article 7: The Controller's General Obligations

Article 8: The Processor's General Obligations

Article 9: Reporting Personal Data Breach

Article 10: Appointing Data Protection Officer

Article 11: Roles of Data Protection Officer

Article 12: Duties of the controller and the processor towards the Data Protection Officer

Article 13: Right to Receive Information

Article 14: Right to Request Transfer of Personal Data

Article 15: Right to correction or erasure of Personal Data

Article 16: Right to Restrict Processing

Article 17: Right to Stop Processing

Article 18: Right to Processing and Automated Processing

Article 19: Contacting the Controller

Article 20: Personal Data Security

Article 21: Assessment of the Impact of Personal Data Protection

Article 22: Cross-Border Transfer and Sharing of Personal Data for Processing Purposes if a Proper Protection Level is Available

Article 23: Cross-Border Transfer and Sharing of Personal Data for Processing Purposes if a Proper Protection Level is not Available

Article 24: Complaints

Article 25: Grievance against the Bureau's Decisions

Article 26: Administrative Penalties

Article 27: Authorization

Article 28: The Executive Regulation

Article 29: Regularisation

Article 30: Repeals

Article 31: Publication & Enforcement of this Decree by Law

Article 10

The Controller and Processor shall appoint a Data Protection Officer, who has sufficient skills and knowledge of the Personal Data Protection Law, in any of the following cases:
a. If processing would cause a high-level risk to the confidentiality and privacy of the Personal Data of the Data Subject as a result of adopting new technologies or with regard to the volume of data.
b. If processing would involve a systematic and comprehensive assessment of Sensitive Personal Data, including Profiling and Automated Processing.
c. If processing would be carried out on a large volume of Sensitive Personal Data.
The Data Protection Officer may be an employer of the Controller or the Processor or authorized by them, whether inside or outside the State.
The Controller or the Processor shall specify the contact details of the Data Protection Officer and notify the Bureau of the same.
The Executive Regulations of this Decree by Law shall specify the types of technologies and criteria for determining the volume of data required in accordance with this Article.