Supervisory Authority
What is Supervisory Authority?
An independent public authority established by an EU member state responsible for monitoring the application of GDPR within its territory. Supervisory authorities have investigative, corrective, and advisory powers.
Terms that appear alongside supervisory authority
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as supervisory authority. The number is how many controls name both.
- data protection 51 shared controls
- gdpr 42 shared controls
- compliance 18 shared controls
- data subject 16 shared controls
- consent 14 shared controls
- encryption 10 shared controls
- impact assessment 10 shared controls
- data breach 9 shared controls
Frameworks that govern supervisory authority
What the standards actually require on supervisory authority
Requirements naming supervisory authority across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The controller and the processor and, where applicable, their representatives must cooperate, on request, with the supervisory authority in the performance of its tasks.
GDPR-Art.31 · Cooperation with the supervisory authority →Supervisory authority for police information. Article 71 establishes, within the Chamber of Representatives, the independent Supervisory Body for Police Information (Controleorgaan op de politionele informatie / Organe de controle de l'information policiere) o...
BE-DPA-19 · Supervisory authority for police information →Controllers and processors must cooperate with the ANSPDCP, provide requested information within set deadlines and implement corrective measures imposed by the authority. Obstruction of supervisory tasks is a contravention.
RO-LAW190-007 · Compliance with the National Supervisory Authority (ANSPDCP) →The supervisory authority under GDPR Art. 51 is the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP), an independent state body answerable to the Croatian Parliament, seated in Zagreb.
HR-GDPR-Art.4 · Supervisory Authority (AZOP) →Submit the code to the competent supervisory authority (and EDPB for transnational codes) for approval, registration and publication.
RDCOC-APP-01 · Supervisory Authority / EDPB Approval →Latvia PDPL supervisory authority regime. Section 35 Powers of the Data State Inspectorate - DVI investigative + corrective + authorisation + advisory powers (GDPR Article 58 implementation): investigations (notifications + audits + on-site inspection + access...
LV-PDPL-Supervisory-Authority-Data-State-Inspectorate-DVI-Powers-S35-Codes-of-Conduct-S55-Certification-S45-Complaints-S40 · Latvia PDPL Supervisory Authority + DVI Powers + S.35 + Codes of Conduct + Certification + Complaints →Questions people ask about supervisory authority
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