<div dir="auto">Hey members,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Some insights from Mugambi Laibuta.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="mk-blog-author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic;display:inline-block;color:rgb(153,153,153)" dir="auto">By <a href="https://www.laibuta.com/author/mugambi-laibuta/" title="Posts by Mugambi Laibuta" rel="author" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;color:rgb(32,100,148)">Mugambi Laibuta</a></div>  Posted <a href="https://www.laibuta.com/2020/06/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;color:rgb(32,100,148)">June 25, 2020</a><div class="mk-post-cat" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic;display:inline-block;color:rgb(153,153,153)" dir="auto"> In <a href="https://www.laibuta.com/category/data-protection/" rel="category tag" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;color:rgb(32,100,148)">Data Protection</a>, <a href="https://www.laibuta.com/category/legislation/" rel="category tag" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;color:rgb(32,100,148)">Legislation</a></div><div class="single-social-section" style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;min-width:180px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Georgia,serif;float:none!important;color:rgb(119,119,119)" dir="auto"><a href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/the-data-protection-officer/#comments" class="blog-modern-comment" style="border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;float:left;display:inline-block;font-family:Georgia,serif;margin:0px!important;padding:0px 20px 0px 0px!important;color:rgb(32,100,148)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 3px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11px;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(137,137,137)"> 0</span></a><div class="blog-share-container" style="border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-family:Georgia,serif;margin:0px!important;padding:0px 20px 0px 0px!important"><div class="blog-single-share mk-toggle-trigger" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Georgia,serif"></div></div><a class="mk-blog-print" href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/the-data-protection-officer/#" title="Print" style="border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;outline:none 0px;float:left;display:inline-block;font-family:Georgia,serif;margin:0px!important;padding:0px 20px 0px 0px!important;color:rgb(32,100,148)"></a><div class="clearboth" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;overflow:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Georgia,serif"></div></div><div class="clearboth" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;clear:both;overflow:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)" dir="auto"></div><div class="mk-single-content clearfix" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" style="margin:10px 0px 60px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;clear:both;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)" dir="auto"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;word-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.66em;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">As part of my series to unpack the Data Protection Act, it is instructive that I demystify the ‘Data Protection Officer’. One of the challenges facing institutions is whether to appoint or how to appoint a ‘Data Protection Officer’. Section 24(1) of the Data Protection Act provides <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/the-data-protection-officer/">https://www.laibuta.com/data-protection/the-data-protection-officer/</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;word-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.66em;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">JG</span></p></div></div>