A Data Protection Officer (DPO) plays a crucial role in ensuring compliance with data protection laws such as the GDPR. While it doesn’t have to be a full-time position, having an expert on hand helps safeguard your organization from potential data vulnerabilities. Many organizations are turning to outsourced DPOs as a solution that is both affordable and effective.

The consequences of failing to protect personal data are significant. Regulatory bodies such as the UK’s ICO can impose hefty fines, and worse, breaches can lead to reputational damage that takes years to recover from. An outsourced DPO helps mitigate these risks by ensuring that your organization adheres to established data protection guidelines. They keep your team informed, assist in the cooperation with regulators, and apply best practices to safeguard customer, supplier, and employee data.

Bringing in an experienced and knowledgeable outsourced DPO allows organizations to enhance their information security measures without incurring the costs associated with a full-time hire. This arrangement offers flexible expertise tailored to your needs, providing valuable insights into best practices for data protection. By employing an outsourced DPO, organizations can effectively reduce the risks related to non-compliance.

You can have one day per month to a full-service contract.

Our DPOaaS is a flexible outsourced DPO service. Our DPOs are all fully qualified offering you a quality service and will act as your contact for the regulator and will fully integrate with your business. 

Our DPO will work with your internal teams to carry out all functions of a DPO to build a robust privacy framework including but not limited to:

• DSAR management
• Advising on and conducting privacy assessments
• Implementing and reviewing policies & processes and internal documentation
• Operationalising RoPAs and retention schedules
• Reviewing legal basis for processing
• Implementing roles and responsibilities
• Data sharing and the use of SCCs, BCRs, EU-US Data Privacy Framework 
• Data lifecycle management 
• Data mapping

Our DSAR services help you to recognise and respond promptly to the DSARs your business receives.

Advise your teams on DSAR management, compile requested information, review information and assess for exemptions, legal privilege and redact where necessary.

Compile file and send to data subject.

Training on how to handle a DSAR can be given to teams that deal with personal data.

The reality is that at some point your business will have a security incident or a data breach, it is an unfortunate fact.

The DPO can help your business implement a  response plan which will give you a structured approach to managing and responding to security incidents that could affect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of your personal data. 

The goal of an incident response plan is to minimise the impact of an incident, contain the threat, and restore normal operations as quickly as possible. 

The DPO will advise on next steps, risk assessment and when and who the incident should be reported to.