{"id":16717,"date":"2021-11-19T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T09:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/penalty-for-not-having-dpd-dpo\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:48:47","slug":"penalty-for-not-having-dpd-dpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/penalty-for-not-having-dpd-dpo\/","title":{"rendered":"Penalty for not having DPD\/DPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Penalty for not having DPD\/DPO<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many are the sanctions for not having a Data Protection Officer, as is the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepd.es\/es\/documento\/ps-00417-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glovo<\/a>, City Councils,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepd.es\/es\/documento\/ps-00380-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Seville<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepd.es\/es\/documento\/ps-00001-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huercal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepd.es\/es\/documento\/ps-00314-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Molina del Segura<\/a>, etc.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepd.es\/es\/documento\/ps-00251-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Security Companies<\/a>, among many other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozpopuli.com\/economia_y_finanzas\/proteccion-datos-delegado-multas_0_1409559396.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMEs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Data Protection Officer is also known by its acronym &#8220;DPD&#8221; or &#8220;DPO&#8221; from its English name &#8220;Data Protection Officer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>European regulations and new LOPD<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The figure of the Data Protection Officer (hereinafter DPD\/DPO) is created with the approval of the General Data Protection Regulation<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/doue\/2016\/119\/L00001-00088.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(RGPD<\/a>) 679\/2016, which is given special relevance.<a href=\"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/servicios\/proteccion-de-datos\/delegado-dpo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9189 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/man-g4d876fe01_1920-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a> special relevance, and that together with the new Organic Law on Data Protection of December 6, 2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/boe\/dias\/2018\/12\/06\/pdfs\/BOE-A-2018-16673.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(LOPD-GDD<\/a>) 3\/2018 is given final form, especially in those aspects related to the mandatory nature, procedure and deadlines for appointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To know which companies are obliged to designate a DPD\/DPO, you must analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/servicios\/proteccion-de-datos\/dpd-dpo-valencia\">Article 34<\/a> of the LOPD-GDD), which shows a detailed list of activities subject to have a DPD\/DPO and if your company is obliged, you must register the designation before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepd.es\/es\/derechos-y-deberes\/cumple-tus-deberes\/medidas-de-cumplimiento\/persona-delegada-en-proteccion-de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AEPD<\/a> within a maximum period of 10 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although any company can designate its DPD\/DPO on a voluntary basis, which is a good decision because it conveys a corporate image of quality and mainly about the information that deals with its customers, collaborators, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Companies that appoint a DPD\/DPO may determine whether he\/she will be full-time or part-time, whether he\/she will be integrated or not within their entity or whether he\/she will be a natural person or a legal entity.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Functions of the DPD\/DPO<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The functions are diverse and extend beyond complying with data protection regulations, since the DPD\/DPO must collaborate with the AEPD, which is the supervisory authority, with inspection and sanctioning powers, acting as a point of contact with the company, which provides many advantages, since having an expert dealing with the AEPD is a guarantee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DPD\/DPO must also advise employees on those aspects of their work that affect the <a href=\"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/servicios\/proteccion-de-datos\/proteccion-datos-valencia\">Data Protection Regulations<\/a>, for example doubts or queries about the processing of customer data, workers, job applicants, etc., avoiding security breaches, infringements and penalties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the exact functions of the DPD\/DPO, please see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/servicios\/proteccion-de-datos\/dpd-dpo-valencia\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Possible penalties for not having a DPD\/DPO<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The truth is that the penalties can be very high. According to Article 73 of the LOPD-GDD, not having a DPD\/DPO is considered a serious infringement which could amount to 10 million euros or 2% of the annual turnover. Whichever is greater.  <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Avoid penalties<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hiring a DPD\/DPO in Valencia is very easy:<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>[su_button url=&#8221;https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/contacto&#8221; target=&#8221;blank&#8221; background=&#8221;#f6f903&#8243; color=&#8221;#181818&#8243; size=&#8221;7&#8243; center=&#8221;yes&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;]I am looking for a DPD \/ DPO in Valencia[\/su_button]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penalty for not having DPD\/DPO Many are the sanctions for not having a Data Protection Officer, as is the case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16719,"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717\/revisions\/16719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessadapter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}