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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-969/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-969/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/969",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2020/969 of 3 July 2020 laying down implementing rules concerning the Data Protection Officer, restrictions of data subjects’ rights and the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/597/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-969",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Tasks and duties",
  "text": "1. The DPO shall contribute to creating a culture of protection of personal data within the Commission based on risk assessment and accountability.\n2. The DPO shall monitor implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in the Commission by, inter alia, annually establishing and carrying out a work programme on inspections and audits.\n3. The DPO shall organise and chair regular meetings of DPCs.\n4. The DPO shall keep the Commission’s records of processing activities in a central register and shall make it publicly accessible.\nThe DPO shall also keep an internal Commission register of personal data breaches within the meaning of Article 3(16) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.\n5. In the discharge of his or her functions, the DPO shall cooperate with the data protection officers designated by the other Union institutions and bodies.\n6. The DPO shall be considered to be the delegated controller for the purpose of individual decisions concerning the rights of data subjects under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in relation to processing operations of the DPO.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/969/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:13.693257+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}