Identify and document purpose

Organisation must maintain a listing of used data systems and their owners. Owner is responsible for completing the related documentation and possible other security actions directly related to the data system.

Data system documentation must include at least:

• System purpose and linked responsibilities
• System's data location (covered in a separate task)
• System's maintenance and development responsibilities and linked partners (covered in a separate task)
• When necessary system's access roles and authentication methods (covered in a separate task)
• When necessary systems interfaces to other systems (covered in a separate task)

Organisation must maintain a listing of controlled data stores and their owners. Owner is responsible for completing the documentation and other possible security actions directly related to the data store.

Data store documentation must include at least:

• Connected responsibilities
• Data processing purposes (covered in a separate task)
• Data sets included in the data store (covered in a separate task)
• Data disclosures (covered in a separate task)
• When necessary, data stores connections to action processes

The task of the Data Protection Officer (or other responsible person) is to monitor that the Data Protection Regulation and other data protection requirements are complied with in the organisation's operations.

In making her assessment, the responsible person shall take into account the risk associated with the processing operations and of the nature, extent, context and purposes of the processing of personal data.