A Study on the Establishment of Data Protection Officer(DPO) Position under GDPR Enactment 


Vol. 43,  No. 2, pp. 427-438, Feb.  2018
10.7840/kics.2018.43.2.427


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  Abstract

The General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) will be enactive in the European Union(EU) in May 2018, GDPR applies to all organizations across EU and beyond. The importance of GDPR has increased due to the almost domestic companies have duties to comply with GDPR, in Korea. GDPR requires to appoint a Data Protection Officer(DPO) who takes a responsibility for managing the processing of personal data and monitoring organizations’ compliance with GDPR, however most organizations have experienced difficulties in designating DPO. DPO is not provided definitely by GDPR and is an unfamiliar concept, in Korea. To improve domestic organizations’ understandings of DPO, we review carefully GDPR’s Articles and Guidelines on DPO presented by European Data Protection Board. Finally, providing a plan for the successful adoption and establishment of DPO, in Korea as followings; 1) institutionalize DPO system, 2) develop a Korean DPO Model, and 3) provide a DPO framework. The results of this study will be the basis for the development of DPO guidance, in the future and it can be expected the improvement of each organization’s information security through the appointment of DPO.

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[IEEE Style]

M. Park, S. Chai, M. Lee, "A Study on the Establishment of Data Protection Officer(DPO) Position under GDPR Enactment," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 427-438, 2018. DOI: 10.7840/kics.2018.43.2.427.

[ACM Style]

Minjung Park, Sangmi Chai, and Myoungjun Lee. 2018. A Study on the Establishment of Data Protection Officer(DPO) Position under GDPR Enactment. The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 43, 2, (2018), 427-438. DOI: 10.7840/kics.2018.43.2.427.

[KICS Style]

Minjung Park, Sangmi Chai, Myoungjun Lee, "A Study on the Establishment of Data Protection Officer(DPO) Position under GDPR Enactment," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 427-438, 2. 2018. (https://doi.org/10.7840/kics.2018.43.2.427)