European Commission Data Protection Officer

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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 45/2001 regarding 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).{{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}}