Having entered into force on May 25, 2018, GDPR has become the “global standard” for data protection. 

With an extraterritorial scope, GDPR frames the processing of personal data by private and public organizations, whether or not they are located in the European Union. 

GDPR is also the standard for assessing the level of protection afforded by the legislation of other countries, located outside the European Union, in the context of adequacy decisions that allow the transfer of personal data from the European Union to these countries without any other specific framework. 

Today, the principles of GDPR have become the reference for all new data protection regulations adopted elsewhere in the world.

The appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is now mandatory in many countries outside the European Union. 

such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Singapore and Thailand

The role of an international DPO is to organize and maintain your organization’s compliance with the applicable personal data regulations, whether your activities are located within or outside the European Union. 

this is an attractive solution for organizations with an international dimension, which do not have in-house expertise in all the countries where they operate and/or do not wish to have multiple data protection compliance contacts.  

Choosing an international DPO means ensuring that your organization’s compliance with local data protection laws is driven by a single person. 

The main tasks and objectives of the international DPO are as follows : 

• Advise and inform the data controller about his or her obligations under GDPR and the local laws of the countries in which the DPO is appointed;
• Advise, inform and educate employees of the company where he operates on the various topics related to of personal data protection;
• Be the point of contact in case of questions from the various stakeholders of the organizations (employees, clients, prospects, data processors, etc.) about the processing of personal data ;
• Ensure cooperation with and between the supervisory authorities (e.g., in France, the CNIL) and the organization for which it operates.