Recital (7) · Commission Decision (EU) 2020/969

(7)In certain circumstances, it is necessary to reconcile the rights of data subjects pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 with the need for the Commission to perform the monitoring, investigative, auditing or consultative tasks of the DPO, and the need for confidentiality of exchanges of information with other Commission services, as well as with full respect for fundamental rights and freedoms of other data subjects. To that effect, Article 25(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 provides the Commission with the possibility to restrict the application of Articles 14 to 17, 19, 20 and 35, as well as the principle of transparency laid down in Article 4(1)(a), insofar as its provisions correspond to the rights and obligations provided for in Articles 14 to 17, 19 and 20 of that Regulation.

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Data Protection Coordinator
(DPC) means the Commission staff member whom a Directorate-General or Service of the Commission appointed to advise and assist that Directorate-General or Service in all aspects of the protection of personal data;
Data Protection Officer
(DPO) means the person whom the Commission has designated pursuant to Article 43 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;
delegated controller
means the Head of the Directorate-General, Service or Cabinet, which carries out a processing operation on behalf of the Commission in fulfilment of the mission of that Directorate-General, Service or Cabinet;
informant
means an individual who brings a matter alleging that a breach of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 has taken place to the attention of the DPO, or requests that the DPO investigate matters and occurrences directly relating to the DPO’s tasks, which that individual brings to the DPO’s notice.
internal arrangement
means any arrangement between two or more Directorates-General or Services to determine their respective responsibilities and coordinate the keeping of a record of processing regarding a processing operation which they carry out jointly or where one or more Directorates-General or Services carry out a part of the delegated controller’s processing operation;
operational controller
means the Commission staff member of middle or senior management level, designated by the delegated controller to ensure record keeping for the processing operation and to serve as primary contact point for data subjects in relation to that processing operation;