Egypt Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020) Reg.12: DPO duties under the Regulations: annual privacy report, monitoring of requests and complaints, no conflicting assignments

What does Reg.12 require?

The DPO monitors the application of the Centre's security policies for processing, storage and handling and submits an annual report to the Centre on the state of privacy protection at the controller or processor, or on request; an alternate officer reports within fifteen days of taking up the role; the DPO monitors the receipt and implementation of data subjects' deletion, modification and addition requests and complaints; ensures no other assignment conflicts with protecting personal data; and, when assigned to a group of entities, establishes a separate system to support the duties that the Centre can review.