Ensure Compliance: Guarantee organizational adherence to relevant data protection laws and regulations.
Stay Informed: Monitor changes in privacy laws and promptly update policies and procedures to align with the evolving legal landscape.
Policy Development: Prepare and regularly review Data Privacy policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and organizational updates.
Strategic Implementation: Assist in the development and implementation of the Data Privacy strategy, integrating it into the broader Information Security strategy of the organization.
Privacy Impact Assessments: Conduct privacy impact assessments for new projects, processes, or technologies involving personal data.
Data Classification:
- Identify and document the types of personal data processed, establish the purposes of processing, and classify data based on sensitivity.
- Implement appropriate protection measures accordingly.
Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs): Manage and respond to data subject access requests and inquiries related to privacy concerns.
Employee Training: Provide training to employees on data protection practices and foster privacy awareness within the organization.
Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments to ensure a holistic approach to data protection, fostering a culture of compliance throughout the organization.
Support Authorities: Support reporting authorities in implementing procedural control measures identified through audits, risk assessments, compliance reviews, etc.
Central Role: As the go-to person for data protection, the DPO ensures that data management policies align with security and compliance requirements.
Information Classification: Oversee the development, implementation, and enforcement of information/data classification policies, ensuring comprehensive coverage in SOP/Baseline documents.
Conduct Internal Reviews: Perform internal privacy audits and assessments to identify gaps and areas for improvement. Recommend and implement corrective actions as needed.
Third-Party Risk Management:
Work with Procurement and Third-Party Risk Management teams to ensure adequacy of assessment, evaluation, and monitoring of third-party vendors that handling personal data, in terms of their data handling practices, security and contracts, to ensure they comply with privacy and data protection requirements.
Any Other Duties:
Undertake any other related duty assigned by the HOD Information Security.