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re: DPO i think you are being a bit naive and dismissive. the law could easily be interpreted as his endeavor requiring a Data Protection Officer. the guidelin
by bkirkby 8y ago
re: DPO
i think you are being a bit naive and dismissive. the law could easily be interpreted as his endeavor requiring a Data Protection Officer. the guidelines (http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/document.cfm?doc_id=44100 http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/document.cfm?doc_id=44100) for the DPO require that processing "special categories of data" needs a DPO. those categories include tings as benign as "trade union membership."
so if his chat app has someone in the EU chatting about trade union membership while this chat service then "processes" that data, they might be held liable to the DPO requirement.
- dragonwriter 8y agoBigger than the DPO issue for processing Article 9 special data is the fact that processing Article 9 special data is generally prohibited outside of enumerated exceptions.
- jacquesm 8y ago> so if his chat app has someone in the EU chatting about trade union membership while this chat service then "processes" that data, they might be held liable to the DPO requirement. This is a ridiculous argument. No, someone in the EU chatting about trade union membership does not magically require him to hire a DPO. Please.