Outsourced DPO services

A Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the person responsible for:

1. Acting as the liaison between the company, the data subjects and regulatory bodies including the ICO
2. Identifying and ensuring the delivery of training and awareness programmes for employees and contractors
3. Complying with article 30 of GDPR
4. Conducting regular audits to ensure compliance is maintained and ensuring policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated where required
5. Overseeing/supervising Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
6. Managing a data breach
7. Keeping up to date with the latest data privacy legislation and rulings by the EDPB and Supervisory Authorities
8. Having an in-depth understanding of GDPR as well as information technology and data security
9. Avoiding a conflict of interest
10. Reporting to highest levels of management and autonomy

Find out more about what a DPO does in this article.

Outsourcing a data protection officer is more cost-effective than an internal hire, particularly as you only pay for the time you require (save on overheads, holiday cover etc). You also benefit from access to a wide team of certified GDPR practitioners, data protection professionals and technical experts rather than limiting your organisation to the experience of one individual.

The GDPR dictates that you must appoint a DPO if you are a public authority or body, or if you carry out certain types of processing activities such as regular and systematic monitoring of individuals, or large-scale processing of sensitive data.

Although other organisations are not legally required to have a DPO, the ICO recommends every organisation appoints a DPO to comply with the GDPR, manage data protection and avoid fines.

Any organisation that processes the personal data of people in the EU must comply with the GDPR.

“Processing” is a broad term that covers just about anything you can do with data: collection, storage, transmission, analysis, etc.

“Personal data” is any information that relates to a person, such as names, email addresses, IP addresses, eye colour, political affiliation, and so on.

Even if an organization is not connected to the EU itself, if it processes the personal data of people in the EU (via tracking on its website, for instance), it must comply.

The GDPR is also not limited to for-profit companies.

A GDPR implementation can easily coincide with any of the DPO packages we offer. It would usually entail additional hours/days spread across the first few months. Once implementation is complete, DPO time would drop to the standard allocation per month. For more information, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Additional time can be added on an ad hoc basis. This can be used for implementation, large policy or procedure reviews, data breach support or any other instance where you need more dedicated time with your DPO.

Yes, our team can provide support and advice on how to handle data subject access requests. As part of any action plan for compliance, we would guide you on developing a procedure to follow in the event of you receiving one.

The GDPR applies to all companies and organisations in equal measure although some parts of the legislation may not apply to your business, such as the processing of children’s data and profiling of individuals. At Bulletproof, we have across many sectors both public and private, we are confident that we can help with GDPR compliance in any environment.