Pozycja prawna Prezesa Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych – ustrój i kompetencje polskiego organu nadzoru

The General Data Protection Regulation (RODO), which replaced Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data adopted over twenty years ago, has strengthened the position of the national body supervising personal data protection. The supervision body should now be completely independent of the government administration and have appropriate resources to effectively implement the provisions of RODO. The competence of the Polish supervision body are set forth in the Act of 10th May 2018 on the protection of personal data. In place of the General Inspector for Personal Data Protection (GIODO) a new body has been appointed – the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (PUODO). The Act also presents in detail the principles and course of control proceedings of PUODO, including, in the first place, the rights and duties of the entity subject to control.