In this article, Prof. Avv. Alessandro del Ninno analyzes the mandatory obligations - regarding the appointment of the DPO - required: (a) by the national data protection laws of the EU Member States, in coordination with the GDPR; (2) by the national data protection laws of other European countries not belonging to the EU.

The article provides practical indications for the appointment of the DPO - where mandatory - in the various European countries where the following entities process personal data:

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• private companies with offices abroad (or processing of personal data carried out abroad) required to appoint the DPO;
• ublic bodies and institutions with offices abroad (or processing of personal data carried out abroad) required to appoint the DPO;
• Data Controllers and Data processors in general with seats (or processing of personal data carried out) abroad required to appoint the DPO.