Art. 39

1.   The data protection officer shall have at least the following tasks:

a) to inform and advise the controller or the processor and the employees who carry out processing of their obligations pursuant to this Regulation and to other Union or Member State data protection provisions;

b) to monitor compliance with this Regulation, with other Union or Member State data protection provisions and with the policies of the controller or processor in relation to the protection of personal data, including the assignment of responsibilities, awareness-raising and training of staff involved in processing operations, and the related audits;

c) to provide advice where requested as regards the data protection impact assessment and monitor its performance pursuant to Article 35;

d) to cooperate with the supervisory authority;

e) to act as the contact point for the supervisory authority on issues relating to processing, including the prior consultation referred to in Article 36, and to consult, where appropriate, with regard to any other matter.

2.   The data protection officer shall in the performance of his or her tasks have due regard to the risk associated with processing operations, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing.

Art. 18

1. Member States shall provide that the controller or his representative, if any, must notify the supervisory authority referred to in Article 28 before carrying out any wholly or partly automatic processing operation or set of such operations intended to serve a single purpose or several related purposes.

2. Member States may provide for the simplification of or exemption from notification only in the following cases and under the following conditions:

- where, for categories of processing operations which are unlikely, taking account of the data to be processed, to affect adversely the rights and freedoms of data subjects, they specify the purposes of the processing, the data or categories of data undergoing processing, the category or categories of data subject, the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the data are to be disclosed and the length of time the data are to be stored, and/or

- where the controller, in compliance with the national law which governs him, appoints a personal data protection official, responsible in particular:

- for ensuring in an independent manner the internal application of the national provisions taken pursuant to this Directive

- for keeping the register of processing operations carried out by the controller, containing the items of information referred to in Article 21 (2),

thereby ensuring that the rights and freedoms of the data subjects are unlikely to be adversely affected by the processing operations.

3. Member States may provide that paragraph 1 does not apply to processing whose sole purpose is the keeping of a register which according to laws or regulations is intended to provide information to the public and which is open to consultation either by the public in general or by any person demonstrating a legitimate interest.

4. Member States may provide for an exemption from the obligation to notify or a simplification of the notification in the case of processing operations referred to in Article 8 (2) (d).

5. Member States may stipulate that certain or all non-automatic processing operations involving personal data shall be notified, or provide for these processing operations to be subject to simplified notification.

Art. 39

Personvernombudets oppgaver

1. Personvernombudet skal minst ha følgende oppgaver:

a) informere og gi råd til den behandlingsansvarlige eller databehandleren og de ansatte som utfører behandlingen, om de forpliktelsene de har i henhold til denne forordning, og i henhold til andre av Unionens eller medlemsstatenes bestemmelser om vern av personopplysninger,

b) kontrollere overholdelsen av denne forordning, av andre av Unionens eller medlemsstatenes personvernregler og den behandlingsansvarliges eller databehandlerens personvernretningslinjer, herunder fordeling av ansvar, holdningsskapende tiltak og opplæring av personellet som er involvert i behandlingsaktivitetene, og tilhørende revisjoner,

c) på anmodning gi råd om vurderingen av personvernkonsekvenser og kontrollere gjennomføringen av den i henhold til artikkel 35,

d) samarbeide med tilsynsmyndigheten,

e) fungere som kontaktpunkt for tilsynsmyndigheten ved spørsmål om behandlingen, herunder forhåndsdrøftingene nevnt i artikkel 36, og ved behov rådføre seg med tilsynsmyndigheten om eventuelle andre spørsmål.

2. Personvernombudet skal ved utførelsen av sine oppgaver ta behørig hensyn til risikoene forbundet med behandlingsaktivitetene, idet det tas hensyn til behandlingens art, omfang, formål og sammenhengen den utføres i.