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The '''European Commission Data Protection Officer''' is a position in the [[European Commission]] responsible for independently ensuring the application, within the Commission, of [[Regulation (European Union)|Regulation]] 45/2001 regarding [[Information privacy|data protection]]. 

Further, the Officer maintains a register of all operations processing personal data, containing information on the purpose and conditions of operations, being available to the public (the register is available online).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Data Protection Officer|url=https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/data-protection-officer_en|access-date=2021-11-08|website=European Commission - European Commission|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[European Data Protection Supervisor]]

==References==
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==External links==
*Data Protection Officer(DPO), European Commission[https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/data-protection-officer_en]
*Network of DPOs, European Commission[https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/eu-institutions-dpo/network-dpos_en]


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[[Category:Directorates-General in the European Commission|Data Protection]]

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