{"id":2198,"date":"2025-11-17T13:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isquaredemo.com\/MLT\/threegraceslegal\/?page_id=2198"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:28:34","slug":"when-to-hire-a-data-protection-officer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isquaredemo.com\/MLT\/threegraceslegal\/business\/data-protection-gdpr\/when-to-hire-a-data-protection-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Hire a Data Protection Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2198\" class=\"elementor elementor-2198\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e263272 e-con-full Inner-banner-section e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e263272\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67748fc e-con-full Inner-banner e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67748fc\" 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data-id=\"39389b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/isquaredemo.com\/MLT\/threegraceslegal\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe68a92 e-con-full content-box e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4fe68a92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aeb009 e-con-full content-box-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1aeb009\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7abbc968 e-con-full content-side-right e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7abbc968\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4cd51c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d4cd51c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When to Hire a Data Protection Officer\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59df2f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59df2f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Under GDPR, you must appoint a data protection officer (DPO) if you<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aad6667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aad6667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>are a public authority (except for courts acting in their judicial capacity);<\/li><li>carry out large scale systematic monitoring of individuals (for example, online behaviour tracking); or<\/li><li>carry out large scale processing of special categories of data or data relating to criminal convictions and offences.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b19b9e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b19b9e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If your business does not perform any of the above, it may still decide to voluntarily appoint a DPO. However, even though in this regard it would not be mandatory, there is no \u2018DPO-lite\u2019. There is an obligation in Article 37(5) to ensure you appoint a person who is adequately resourced and has \u201cexpert knowledge of data protection law and practices\u201d and on the basis of their \u201cprofessional qualities\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3320b5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3320b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The guidelines suggest that the level of expertise \u201cmust be commensurate with the sensitivity, complexity and amount of data an organisation processes\u201d and that prospective DPOs \u201cshould have expertise in national and European data protection laws and practices and an in-depth understanding of the GDPR.\u201d It is expected that experience would be garnered from backgrounds that include risk management, legal and accreditation from processes such as ISO27001, CIPP-E certifications, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e0e43e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e0e43e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ICO provides guidance useful in respect of DPOs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3802897a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3802897a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact our Data Protection and GDPR Solicitors Liverpool, Wirral, Merseyside and Across England &amp; Wales\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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