There is a common misconception that your Data Administrator and Data Owner is the same person. However, this is not the case.
Data Owner: Your Data Owner is the owner of your data. They will govern the policy, identify any changes that need to be made and will sign off on regulatory reporting. It is their responsibility to direct the Data Custodian Group to make necessary adjustments in order to maintain compliance.
Data Custodian: This is a group of people who will implement the changes that are required by the data owner and could be made up of people from different departments within your organisation (e.g. waste, environmental, customer service, finance etc).
Data Administrator: Your Data Administrator is responsible for
maintaining the data.
In addition to these roles, there are a number of other areas within Data Governance that should be addressed, but as a starting point:
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