Can a finance manager be DPO?

[MS2011]

Hi

 

Can a finance manager be DPO ?

[elsiegee40]

@MS2011 That depends on what the Finance Manager does.

 

If the finance manager is responsible for personal data, eg Payroll data, then there’s a clear conflict of interest, so the answer has to be no. My husband is a finance manager in business that goes nowhere near personal data, so technically would be OK assuming he undertook appropriate training.

Edited February 5, 2018 by elsiegee40

[GrumbleDook]

Hi

 

Can a finance manager be DPO ?

 

Have a look at the following guide as it may be beneficial to you.

https://www.gdpr.school/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Who-will-be-your-DPO.pdf

[Oaktech]

We've been told from the Trust that our DPO *has* to be our Exec head.

[GrumbleDook]

We've been told from the Trust that our DPO *has* to be our Exec head.

 

And any idea where they got that advice from?

[Oaktech]

And any idea where they got that advice from?

 

Not a clue officially... I can only *assume* its something they've decided based on the advice that it can't be IT, It shouldn't be a BM and as we are a federation it would make her a one-stop DP shop for the whole fed which simplifies structure.