To
All Chief HR Managers
All companies (in India, or operating in India)
The Challenge of Designating DPO for our company
Dear ……………………..
While the Tech and Legal professionals are keenly waiting for the Government to notify DPDPA rules, you are one of the professionals who will suddenly wake up to find an email from your CEO to give your views for designating a DPO for our Company.
Our ever vigilant Independent Director has already sent me a note on whether we have designated any DPO. Please send me your views in this regard covering the following aspects.
- Do we mandatorily need a DPO?
- Do we have in-house resources to designate?
- To whom shall the DPO report to?
- Can we shortlist a few of our senior professionals to be considered for this position?
- What should be the package?
- Are there persons in our organization who are Techno Legally qualified to be a DPO?
- Is it sufficient for some body to sit through a Certification training program and be considered having necessary credentials for being a DPO?
- Have anybody gone through a systematic Certification program with a good evaluation system?
- Should we hire from outside and if so, would we be disturbing the harmony of the CxO cadre?
- Would it be possible to designate one of our CISO/CRO/CTO/CCO as also a DPO?
- Can we hire an external DPO?
- Should we set up a special training for our short listed persons and evaluate them with a rigorous examination?
Looking forward to your quick response before the Board meeting tomorrow. Please check www.fdppi.in for their latest DPO certification program in Mumbai on November 1 and 2 and let me know if we want to depute anybody from our company.
Thanking you in advance
CEO
Imagine you receiving the above email….What would be your response?
Naavi
