External Data Protection Officer

This is because an internal data protection officer is a highly qualified employee due to the personal reliability and professional competence required, and you would have to release them from other duties to perform their tasks as data protection officer.

You save on training costs for your employees. This is because the appointed internal data protection officer requires special training in data protection.

You save on training costs for your employees. This is because the appointed internal data protection officer requires special training in data protection.

An external data protection officer already has comprehensive training and practical experience and therefore a high level of expertise. A full-time data protection officer will be able to advise you more comprehensively.

The external data protection officer is not involved in your business. He will assess and optimise data protection neutrally, without any operational blindness.

The confidentiality of the external external data protection officer is a matter of course and is regulated by contract. In the case of data held by persons bound by professional secrecy, the data protection officer is subject to confidentiality in accordance with Section 203 of the Criminal Code.

As the internal data protection officer has special rights defined by law, the actual costs of their training and working hours, and thus the real loss of the employee, cannot be predicted.

The duties, working hours and fees of an external data protection officer are regulated by contract.