Appointing an EU or UK Representative under the GDPR

 

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Do I need to appoint an EU representative, a UK representative or both?

For those with EU customers
 
  • Is your business based outside of Europe with no entities or staff inside the 27 EU member states?
  • Do you offer goods or services to people in the EU or monitor their behaviour?

If you answered yes to both of these, you likely need to appoint a representative in the EU to be a point of contact for data protection enquiries from data subjects (individuals) or data protection authorities (e.g. CNIL in France).

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For those with UK customers
 
  • Is your business based outside the UK, with no entities or staff in the UK?
  • Do you monitor the behaviour of, or offer goods and services to, people in the UK?

If you answered yes to both of these, you likely need to appoint a representative in the UK to be a point of contact for data protection enquiries from data subjects (individuals) or the UK data protection authority, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office).

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You may need both an EU representative and a UK representative if your organisation is based outside Europe and the UK and you are offering goods and services to people in Europe and the UK or monitoring their behaviour. If your EU representative was previously based in the UK, following the UK’s departure from the EU you need to appoint an EU representative in an EU member state.

Still unsure about whether you need a GDPR Representative? Our EU and UK GDPR Representative Advice Service is a cost-effective way of finding out whether you need either of these services.

The EU Representative service is delivered by IT Governance Europe, which is incorporated and based in the Republic of Ireland.

Appointing an EU/UK Representative

Under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), data controllers and processors outside the EU offering goods or services to, or monitoring the behaviour of, data subjects in the EU must appoint an EU representative. The EU representative is a legal entity established in the EU and acts as a local contact for data subjects and supervisory authorities in relation to all issues arising from the processing of personal data.

The UK GDPR has a similar requirement in that data controllers and processors outside the UK offering goods or services to, or monitoring the behaviour of, data subjects the UK are required to appoint a UK representative.

The UK representative must be based in the UK and will act as a contact point for UK residents and the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office).

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How to appoint an EU Representative or a UK Representative

1 Choose which service you need

 

2 Add to your basket and complete your purchases

 

3 Recieve an email with onboarding instructions

 

4 You now have an EU or a UK representative

Frequently Asked Questions

EU
 

What is an EU Representative and why do I need one?

Why is it cheaper to buy online?

What does an EU representative do?

Who needs to appoint one?

What does monitoring the behaviour of individuals mean?

Are there any exceptions to this?

When should I put this in place?

Why is it important to act now?

 

What is included in the service and how much does it cost

What is included in the service?

How much will it cost?

Do I need a separate EU representative for all the companies in my group?

Where is your EU representative based ?

Does it matter where my EU representative is based?

Do you charge extra depending on the number of data subjects our organisation deals with?

Are translation services included in the price?

Does the EU representative need to be registered?

What should my Article 30 Record contain?

Our organisation has less than 250 employees am I required to have an Article 30 record?

Will you review or advise us on our Article 30 Record?

How soon do you need my Article 30 Record?

If a data subject contacts you, do you deal directly with the query?

Would you provide the Article 30 record to a data protection authority without consulting us?

UK
 

What is a UK Representative and why do I need one?

Why is it cheaper to buy online?

What does a UK representative do?

Who needs to appoint one?

What does monitoring the behaviour of individuals mean?

Are there any exceptions to this?

When should I put this in place?

Why is it important to act now?

 

What is included in the service and how much does it cost

What is included in the service?

How much will it cost?

Do I need a separate UK representative for all the companies in my group?

Do you charge extra depending on the number of data subjects our organisation deals with?

Does the UK representative need to be registered?

What should my Article 30 Record contain?

Our organisation has less than 250 employees am I required to have an Article 30 record?

Will you review or advise us on our Article 30 Record?

How soon do you need my Article 30 Record?

If a data subject contacts you, do you deal directly with the query?

Would you provide the Article 30 record to a data protection authority without consulting us?

 

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