Data Protection Officer
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
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England, Hertfordshire, Watford
WatfordHertfordshire
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 02 May 2018
- Closes
- 31 May 2018
- Ref
- 13913121/001
- Job Title
- Head of Compliance
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A senior Data Protection opportunity lead the data privacy programme and advise on the company wide privacy strategy. Drive GDPR project including implementation and stakeholder management/ advisory.
Client Details
A leading gaming company based in Watford.
Description
This Data Protection Officer role is based in Watford and involves:
- Monitoring and recording GDPR compliance - including collecting information to identify processing activities, analysing/checking the compliance of processing activities and informing, advising and issuing appropriate recommendations;
- Advising across the business on all types of data protection issues - including providing briefings to the Exec and/or Board, informing individuals of their obligations under GDPR, giving detailed guidance on matters of compliance, informing all relevant decision makers of developments relating to data protection and advising on the risk elements of new and existing operations;
- Educating and training the organisation and employees at all levels - including in respect of data protection principles, processes and procedures for GDPR compliance and avoiding and dealing with data breaches;
- Cooperating with the ICO (and Gambling Commission) and being a first point of contact - including responding to complaints submitted to the ICO and, if required, data breach notification;
- Advising on and monitoring performance of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) - including a description of the processing activity and its purpose, outlining any risks and measure taken in response and advising on the methodology of the DPIA;
- Responding to individuals whose data is being or has been processed - including dealing with subject access requests, executing the right to be forgotten, and considering the restrictions on processing;
- Full involvement in all future data processing (privacy by design);
- Other duties may include data audits, writing and updating policies and procedures, and organising, monitoring and reviewing record keeping.
Profile
This Data Protection Officer role is based in Watford and requires:
- A full understanding of, and appropriate demonstrable experience, in all aspects of UK data protection law
- An understanding of European and international data protection law;
- An in-depth knowledge of the GDPR;
- Ideally the CIPP/E and/or CIPM qualification(s) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and
- An ability to quickly develop a full understanding of the information systems and its data security and data protection needs
Job Offer
Please enquire, competitive package offered