Roles and Responsibilities for Systems and Data
Within data management, defining clear roles and responsibilities is paramount to ensuring the integrity, security, and compliant use of valuable digital assets. These roles include the following:
- Data owner: Data owners bear the responsibility of safeguarding data and overseeing the enforcement of policies that govern its proper usage to ensure the protection and responsible handling of data.
- Data controller: The data controller writes the policies that relate to data collection and processing. They are legally responsible for ensuring compliance with the up-to-date regulations for each type of data and ensuring that data subjects are acknowledged, their permission to use the data is granted, and all necessary procedures related to privacy notices are correctly implemented in their policies, promoting transparency and data protection.
- Data processor: The data processor must handle and process the data on behalf of data...