Overview | DPO as a Service

The GDPR and the upcoming CPRA regulation of California require appointment of a Data Privacy Officer (DPO). The DPO performs the required tasks to reach be compliant with regulations. You can outsource the role to a trusted partner like Privathy. Our all-inclusive data protection and privacy service helps with the tasks and responsibilities of those regulations and optionally includes a data protection annual plan to lay out all the steps to reach a desired level of compliance.

Benefits
– Engage an experienced team of privacy specialists with expertise in data protection activities.
– Focus on your core business while improving level of compliance.
– Mitigate risk while retaining ownership of privacy & data protection activities

Tasks and Responsibilities of Privathy’s DPO

• Composes and maintains a data protection annual plan
• Personnel training
• Creating and maintaining data inventory and records of processing activities
• Composing and maintaining planning processes for continued compliance
• Informs and advises the customer on privacy and data protection
• Monitors compliance
• Provides advice on conducting DPIAs
• Co-operate and act as Acts as a contact point for supervisory authorities

DPO as a Service can focus on the tasks described in the GDPR, CCPA, CPRA regulations as well as operative data protection activities. The service is not limited to mere advisory and compliance monitoring. Privathy can take care of other privacy and data protection tasks, e.g. privacy auditing, assessments, reviewing and planning as agreed separately with the customer.

Service Deployment Process
The DPO as a Service starts with an assessment workshop and an annual plan outlining the activities and tasks to be compliant. Activities are divided into reactive and proactive support to create a comprehensive DPO service. The annual plan is based on a chosen service level, which sets the extent and schedule of the service. This enables us to optimize the service on your organization’s needs.

Other Services
In case you’re looking for a flexible expert support for your own internal DPO, have a look at our Data Protection Support service.

See also our other privacy services.