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Personal Data Protection Specialist Qualification Exam
Selected Organization: Datu valsts inspekcija
Brief description:
Not later than two months before the date of the examination, the Data State Inspectorate shall announce an application for the examination by publishing a notice in the official publication “Latvijas Vēstnesis” and the website www.dvi.gov.lv. In order to apply for an examination, an applicant - a person who wishes to take the qualification examination (applicant) of a data protection specialist shall submit an application to the State Data Inspectorate. The examination shall have two parts:
- in the first subparagraph, the applicant shall provide written answers to 60 test questions;
- in the second subparagraph, the applicant shall address two practical tasks in writing.
The exam takes place one day. The length of one part of the examination shall be two hours.
Beneficiaries:
Individual
- an applicant who wishes to take an examination of a personal data protection specialist
Period:
1. The application and the documents attached thereto shall be evaluated and within two weeks of receipt. An applicant shall be notified of a permit to take an examination or a refusal to take an examination at the electronic mail address indicated in the application. If shortcomings are identified in the documents submitted, the applicant shall have a time limit for the correction of the deficiencies).
2. A decision regarding the inclusion of a candidate in the list of data protection specialists, if the applicant has successfully passed the examination, or a refusal to list the applicant if he or she has not passed the examination, shall be notified to the electronic mail address indicated in the application within five working days after taking the decision.
Process description
Documents and forms
Payments
Other information
Redress options
The applicant for the decision of the director of the Inspectorate may appeal in accordance with the procedures specified in the Administrative Procedure Law
Reminder
the date of the examination may change if circumstances change in relation to the epidemiological situation in the country.
Brīdinājums
information on the organisation of the work of the National Data Inspectorate in relation to the spread of the Covid-19 virus: https://www.dvi.gov.lv/lv/zinas/datu-State-Inspectorate-lidz-2020-30-December-partrauc-client-service-catiene/.
Laws and regulations
Fizisko personu datu apstrādes likums
(Saeima; likumi; 7/5/2018)
Datu aizsardzības speciālista kvalifikācijas noteikumi
(Ministru kabinets; noteikumi; 620; 10/9/2020)
Datu valsts inspekcijas maksas pakalpojumu cenrādis
(Ministru kabinets; noteikumi; 621; 10/9/2020)
Service references
Datu valsts inspekcija
Contact details: Blaumaņa iela 11/13 - 15, Rīga, LV-1011
Information about service restored: 01.06.2021