Jersey Data Protection Authority: Appointment of Non-Executive Directors

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A decision made 19 June 2019:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2019-0067
Decision summary title Appointment of Non-Executive Directors to the Jersey Data Protection Authority
Decision summary author	Digital Policy Advisor	Is the decision summary public or exempt?	Public
Report title Appointment of Non-Executive Directors to the Jersey Data Protection Authority
Report author or name of person giving report	Digital Policy Unit	Is the report public or exempt?	Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Deputy Chief Minister appointed Mr Paul Routier MBE and Mrs Helen Hatton to the Board of the Jersey Data Protection Authority under the powers conferred by Article 3(2) of the Data Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 2018 (the “Law”). The period of appointment is from the 1st August 2019 and the term is three years from this date. The Deputy Chief Minister directed that the States Assembly be notified of the appointment in accordance with Article 3(4) of the Law. Under the Law. The Minister must appoint members of the Board of the Jersey Data Protection Authority after having first discussed such appointments with the Chair of the Authority.
Resource implications The fees payable to Non-Executive Directors are met out of the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner’s (“JOIC”) annual budget, during 2019 the Chief Minister’s Department provided funding for JOIC, from January 2020 JOIC’s budget will consist of the registration fee charged to data controllers and data processors and funding from the Government of Jersey. There are no other financial or manpower implications for the Government of Jersey arising from these appointments.
Action required The attached report is to be presented to the States as an ‘R’ to inform members of the appointments in accordance with Article 3(4) of the Law and the Greffier of the States is to be requested to make the necessary arrangements.
Signature		Position Senator Lyndon Farnham Deputy Chief Minister
Date signed		Effective date of the decision