The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority’s Recommendations Regarding the Appointment of Data Protection Officer

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority has published recommendations that organizations and companies in all sectors of the economy should appoint data protection officers, along with an instruction kit in this regard. The document was published at the end of January 2022 as part of Privacy Protection Week.

This publication constitutes finalization of the authority’s draft recommendations of November 2020. Essentially, the appointment of a privacy protection officer is still just a recommendation, but the authority considers the appointment of a privacy protection officer in an organization as a best practice, and is recommended for organizations that collect and process personal Data.   

Follow this link for our firm’s previous update published in November 2020 on the subject of the authority’s recommendation that organizations should appoint a privacy protection officer.