EDPB launches coordinated enforcement on role of DPOs

Data protection officers could be "solicited" by their data protection authority in the "weeks and months to come" as part of the European Data Protection Board’s freshly launched 2023 coordinated enforcement action, Deputy Head of the EDPB Secretariat Gwendal Le Grand told DPOs at the IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2023. LeGrand's warning comes as the EDPB announced Wednesday that 26 data protection authorities will participate throughout the year in the coordinated action, focused on the designation and position of data protection officers. In this second initiative under the Coordinated Enforcement Framework, DPAs will seek to gauge whether DPOs have the organizational position required by Articles 37-39 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the resources needed to conduct their work. IAPP research indicated more than 500,000 organizations have registered DPOs across Europe under the GDPR. The CEF announcement follows a Feb. 9 ruling by the

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