Objective: Successful data protection requires clear responsibilities in the organization.

Requirements (must): A data protection officer is appointed, if required by Art. 37 GDPR
- Determination of whether the appointment of a data protection officer is voluntary or mandatory
- otherwise determination of a data protection function or comparable
Publication of contact details (e.g. on the Internet)
Integration into the organization's structure
Exercise of the control obligations as defined in Art. 39 (1) (b) GDPR and corresponding documentation
Documentation of the data protection status and report to organization's top management
Equipped with sufficient capacities and resources
- Determination of whether the data protection function is full-time or part-time
- adequate professional qualification
- regular professional training
- access to specialist literature
- support of the data protection officer by data protection coordinators in the companies organizational units, depending on the company size (e.g. marketing, sales, personnel, logistics, development, etc.)