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The SolarWinds hack highlights the critical need for organizations of all sizes to include cyber supply chain risk management as part of their information security program. It is also a reminder that privacy and security risks to an organization’s data can come from various vectors, including third party vendors and services providers. By way of example, the Pennsylvania Department of Health recently announced a data security incident involving a third-party vendor engaged to provide COVID-19 contact tracing. The personal information of Pennsylvania residents was potentially compromised when the vendor’s employees used an unauthorized collaboration channel.
Protecting against these risks requires maintaining and implementing a third-party vendor management policy, a critical and often overlooked part of an organization’s information security program. Appropriate vendor management helps guard against threats to an organization’s data posed
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The SolarWinds hack highlights the critical need for organizations of all sizes to include cyber supply chain risk management as part of their information security program. It is also a reminder that privacy and security risks to an organization’s data can come from various vectors, including third party vendors and services providers. By way of example, the Pennsylvania Department of Health recently announced a data security incident involving a third-party vendor engaged to provide COVID-19 contact tracing. The personal information of Pennsylvania residents was potentially compromised when the vendor’s employees used an unauthorized collaboration channel.
Data concerning sex life or sexual orientation
Please note: Even if a DPO is not necessary
according to the aforementioned requirements, it can be useful to
designate one on a voluntary basis.
2. Can EU member states adopt national rules for the
designation of a DPO?
Yes, according to Art. 37 (4) GDPR. The national specific
requirements may even be more restrictive as under the GDPR. In
Germany, a DPO needs to be designated under the new Federal Data
Protection Act ( BDSG ) if
At least 20 persons are constantly dealing with automated
processing; or
Processing is subject to a Data Protection Impact Assessment
(Art. 35 GDPR); or