Data Protection Officer

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Dear Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,

Article 37 of the General Data Protection Regulation requires the designation of a data protection officer, if an organisation is carrying out particular activities.

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-37-gdpr/

I am trying to find out how organisations chose who would be the designated DPO, based on their professional qualities, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and the ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in Article 39.

If the name of your DPO is not listed on the Information Commissioner’s Register,, then I am happy for you to redact this, however please provide any recorded information you hold which shows how your organisation went about designating a DPO.

Yours faithfully,

Alison Benson

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Dear Alison,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information which
has been allocated reference number P0017233.

A response will be issued to you in due course.

Regards,

Department for Transport
FOI Advice Team
Digital Service
Zone D/04
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN37 7GA

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Dear Ms Benson,

 

Please find attached a response to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards,

K Richardson

 

[1][IMG]          Data Protection Team, Governance Division 

D/04 AHH, Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7GA  
[2]Follow us on twitter @transportgovuk 

 

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Dear Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Data Protection Officer'.

Thank you for the response to my request. Can you please clarify whether the DPO and members of the team, were supported from inside the department or were recruited from outside?

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Alison Benson

DataProtectionOfficer,

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Dear Ms Benson,

 

Many thanks for your email in which you have asked:

 

Can you please clarify whether the DPO and members of the team, were
supported from inside the department or were recruited from outside?

 

The DfT DPO role was advertised across the Civil Service, with the
successful candidate being internal to the department. The wider data
protection team is made up of officials working within the central
department and each of the four executive agencies. These officials worked
in data protection prior to the implementation of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), they are internal to the department and were
recruited prior to GDPR.  

 

Kind regards,

K Richardson

 

 

[1][IMG]          Data Protection Team, Governance Division 

D/04 AHH, Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7GA  
[2]Follow us on twitter @transportgovuk 

 

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