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How to Provide DPO Contact Information to Your DPA

This resource provides a list of the requested DPO notification process of numerous countries.

Published: April 2021

Contributors:

Hubert Daubmeier

Article 37(7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation requires that “the controller or the processor shall publish the contact details of the data protection officer and communicate them to the supervisory authority.” But how does one go about communicating this information to relevant authority? Is there a formal process, or can companies simply send an email with a DPO’s name, phone number and email address? As it turns out, different jurisdictions have settled on different notification mechanisms. With the assistance of the IAPP Privacy List community and Hubert Daubmeier, CIPP/E, the IAPP has compiled a list of each country’s requested DPO notification process.

Country
DPA/DPO Contact Info
Preferred Method

EDPS

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data Protection Authority for European Union Institutions

Preferred method:

N/A

Austria

DPA/DPO contact page:

Austrian Data Protection Authority

Preferred method:

Email with contact info

Belgium

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data Protection Authority

Preferred method:

Offline form

Bulgaria

DPA/DPO contact page:

Commission for Personal Data Protection

Preferred method:

N/A

Croatia

DPA/DPO contact page:

Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency

Preferred method:

Offline form

Cyprus

DPA/DPO contact page:

Commissioner for Personal Data Protection

Preferred method:

Signed, mailed-in letter is acceptable.

Czech Republic

DPA/DPO contact page:

The Office for Personal Data Protection

Preferred method:

N/A

Denmark

DPA/DPO contact page:

Datatilsynet

Preferred method:

Email

Estonia

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data Protection Inspectorate

Preferred method:

N/A

Finland

DPA/DPO contact page:

Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman

Preferred method:

Online form

France

DPA/DPO contact page:

CNIL

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Federal)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Federal Commissioner for Freedom of Information

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Baden-Württemberg)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Bavaria, public sector)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection (BayLfD)

Preferred method:

N/A

Germany (Bavaria, private sector)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht

Preferred method:

Online form, requires registration.

Germany (Berlin)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Brandenburg)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and for the Right to Inspect Brandenburg

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Bremen)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection Bremen

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Hamburg)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Hessen)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Lower Saxony)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection Niedersachsen

Preferred method:

Online form, requires registration.

Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia

Preferred method:

Online form, requires registration.

Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)

DPA/DPO contact page:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Rhineland - Palatinate

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Saarland)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Independent Data Protection Center Saarland

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Saxony)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection Sachsen

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection Sachsen-Anhalt

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Independent Center for Privacy Schleswig-Holstein

Preferred method:

Online form

Germany (Thüringer)

DPA/DPO contact page:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection Thüringer

Preferred method:

Online form, requires registration.

Greece

DPA/DPO contact page:

Hellenic Data Protection Authority

Preferred method:

N/A

Hungary

DPA/DPO contact page:

National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Preferred method:

Uncertain

Iceland

DPA/DPO contact page:

The Icelandic Data Protection Authority

Preferred method:

N/A

Ireland

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data Protection Commission

Preferred method:

Online form, requires registration.

Italy

DPA/DPO contact page:

Garante

Preferred method:

Online form, requires electronic signature.

Latvia

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data State Inspectorate

Preferred method:

Online form

Liechtenstein

DPA/DPO contact page:

Data Protection Center

Preferred method:

Online form, authority may request written signature after submission.

Lithuania

DPA/DPO contact page:

State Data Protection Inspectorate

Preferred method:

Instructions accessible. No mandatory form, but mandatory requirements for contents.

Luxembourg

DPA/DPO contact page:

National Commission for Data Protection

Preferred method:

Online form

Malta

DPA/DPO contact page:

Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioners

Preferred method:

Email

Netherlands

DPA/DPO contact page:

Dutch Data Protection Authority

Preferred method:

Online form

Norway

DPA/DPO contact page:

Datatilsynet

Preferred method:

Email

Poland

DPA/DPO contact page:

The Bureau of the Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data

Preferred method:

Email

Portugal

DPA/DPO contact page:

National Commission for Data Protection

Preferred method:

Online form

Romania

DPA/DPO contact page:

The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing

Preferred method:

Online form

Slovakia

DPA/DPO contact page:

Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic

Preferred method:

Instructions accessible

Slovenia

DPA/DPO contact page:

Office of the Information Commissioner

Preferred method:

N/A

Spain

DPA/DPO contact page:

Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)

Preferred method:

Online form

Sweden

DPA/DPO contact page:

Datainspektionen

Preferred method:

Online details and email.

UK

DPA/DPO contact page:

Information Commissioner's Office

Preferred method:

Email

UK (Jersey)

DPA/DPO contact page:

Office of the Information Commissioner

Preferred method:

Online form

Tags: Europe, Enforcement, Privacy Operations Management
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