S.L. 627.1 Art. 16Appropriate safeguards.

(1) The controller, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of the data subjects, both at the time of the determination of the means for processing as well as at the time of the processing itself, shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures, in an effective manner and to integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing, in order to protect the rights of the data subjects and to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

(2) The data protection officer designated by the controller in terms of Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall be involved and consulted properly and in a timely manner on all issues in relation to the protection of personal data processed for the purposes of these regulations.

(3) For the purpose of ensuring and to be able to demonstrate that the processing of data is performed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the controller shall implement the appropriate data protection policies, which policies shall be periodically reviewed and updated where necessary.