SECTION 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subject matter and scope
Article 1
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This Decision sets out the general rules implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 as regards the ECB. In particular, it specifies the rules relating to the appointment and role of the data protection officer of the ECB (DPO), including the DPO’s tasks, duties and powers.
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This Decision also specifies the roles, tasks and duties of the controllers and of the data protection coordinator and implements the rules pursuant to which data subjects may exercise their rights.

Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘controller’ means the ECB, and in particular the organisational unit of the ECB, which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data;
2. ‘data protection coordinator’ means an ECB member of staff who assists the controller and the DPO in fulfilling their tasks and responsibilities pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and this Decision;
3. ‘data subject’ means an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
4. ‘processing’ means processing as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;
5. ‘Union institutions and bodies’ means Union institutions and bodies as defined in point (10) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;
6. ‘processor’ means processor as defined in point (12) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;
7. ‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;
8. ‘consent’ means consent as defined in point (15) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.