On 7 September 2011 the Executive in Costa Rica published Law No. 8968 on the Protection of the Person concerning the Treatment of Personal Data. Along with Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina, it is now the seventh country in Central and Latin America to enact data protection laws. Following the European model for
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German Data Protection Authorities Set Minimum Competency and Independence Requirements for Data Protection Officers
This post was written by Nick Tyler and Moritz Wagner.
The German data protection authorities (DPAs) have recently passed a resolution setting minimum requirements for the competency and independence of company data protection officers (DPOs).
This initiative follows inspections carried out within companies that revealed a generally insufficient level of competency among DPOs, as…