Under the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, regarding the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and the Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights, the obligation to appoint a Data Protection Officer is established for all public sector authorities or bodies that carry out personal data processing.
The functions of the Data Protection Officer are:
To inform and advise the person responsible and the data controller, as well as the employees who handle data processing obligations incumbent upon them under the Regulation and other data protection provisions.
To monitor compliance with the regulatory provisions and the policies of the person responsible and the data controller regarding data protection.
To offer advice that is solicited regarding impact assessment related to the protection of personal data.
To cooperate with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and act as the contact point with it.
To intervene in cases where interested parties submit to them a prior claim before appealing to the AEPD.
To address the issues of the interested parties in respect to the processing of their personal data and the exercise of their rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.
In the Ministry of Youth and Childhood, the functions of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) have been assumed by the Undersecretariat of Youth and Childhood.
Any person has the right to obtain information about the processing of their data carried out by the organs and units of the Ministry of Youth and Childhood. Regarding all matters related to the processing of their personal data or the exercise of their rights, they can contact the Data Protection Officer of Youth and Childhood. However, they may consult the information on data processing carried out according to the scope of competence in:
You may exercise these rights materially through a request addressed to the Undersecretariat of Youth and Childhood via the procedure Exercise of personal data protection rights available at the electronic headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Childhood, or in person through the network of offices providing assistance in registration matters using this application form (editable and printable version)
You may also file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency when you believe your rights have not been satisfactorily addressed, either through their web form (Complaint Form of the Spanish Data Protection Agency), or in person at c/ Jorge Juan 6, 28001 MADRID.
Automatically translated with OpenAI from Spanish