You must appoint a data protection officer if:
- You are required to do so by national law. Some Member States are likely to make this mandatory, particularly where this obligation already exists in national law (e.g. Germany);
- are a public authority or body (other than a court);
- Your core activities consist of regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale; or
- Your core activities consist of processing sensitive personal data on a large scale (including processing information about criminal offences)
So, not necessarily related to the size the company.
The controller has 30 days to respond to the data subject. However, if a processor is the one receiving a request form a data subject the processor has to notify the data controller as soon as possible and is only the controller that needs to send a reply to the data subject.
Nothing has changed as regards to company related information. However, things may change as of 2019 when a new ePrivacy Regulation may be coming into force.
I just need to confirm, can I use ISO 27001 policy tool kit to develop PCI DSS policies?
Answer: We're not experts in PCI DSS, but generally we recommend ISO 27001 documentation toolkit as a way to contribute to achieve PCI compliance, because PCI-DSS has some requirements that can be fulfilled by ISO 27001 controls from Annex A, such as access control policy, back up policy, etc.
These materials will also help you regarding ISO 27001 implementation:
- Book Secure & Simple: A Small-Business Guide to Implementing ISO 27001 On Your Own https://advisera.c om/books/secure-and-simple-a-small-business-guide-to-implementing-iso-27001-on-your-own/
- Free online training ISO 27001 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-27001-foundations-course/
Toolkit content
Answer: If you want to fulfil only ISO 27001 requirements regarding information security continuity, then you should consider using the Disaster Recovery Plan template, located on folder 08 Annex A A.17 Business Continuity 04 Business Continuity Plan, instead of the Business Continuity Plan template.
This template alone will be enough to cover all the requirements of ISO 27001.