AI Summary of Article 57 Tasks
The supervisory authorities are tasked with ensuring compliance with data protection regulations, promoting awareness of rights and obligations, and advising governmental bodies on legislative measures. They must handle complaints from data subjects and cooperate with other authorities for consistent application of the law.
Furthermore, they are responsible for authorising and accrediting codes of conduct and certification mechanisms. Authorities must maintain internal records of infringements and facilitate complaint submissions, ensuring that their services remain accessible and free of charge to data subjects, barring excessive or unfounded requests.
Article 57 Tasks
1. Without prejudice to other tasks set out under this Regulation, each supervisory authority shall on its territory:
(a) monitor and enforce the application of this Regulation;
(b) promote public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to processing. Activities addressed specifically to children shall receive specific attention;
(c) advise, in accordance with Member State law, the national parliament, the government, and other institutions and bodies on legislative and administrative measures relating to the protection of natural persons' rights and freedoms with regard to processing;
(d) promote the awareness of controllers and processors of their obligations under this Regulation;
(e) upon request, provide information to any data subject concerning the exercise of their rights under this Regulation and, if appropriate, cooperate with the supervisory authorities in other Member States to that end;