DPO as a Service
Deploy an experienced Data Protection Officer to ensure DPA 2018 & GDPR compliance in your business.
Data Protection Officer On-Demand – When You Need It
Risk Crew’s DPO-on-Demand service provides expert guidance to help your organisation meet UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) requirements. You get experienced, on-hand support to handle data protection tasks like reviewing processor agreements, conducting privacy impact assessments, managing subject access requests, and responding to potential breaches.
With a dedicated data protection professional ready when you need them, this flexible service ensures you stay compliant without the overhead. It’s a smart solution in a market facing a shortage of qualified DPOs and high turnover rates.
| Deliverables will be customised to your exact requirements. Your DPO will agree their task to be undertaken on their dedicated days prior with you, so that you decide exactly how the time is spent. Typical activities would include: | |
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 | Administering Data Protection compliance training to staff |
| Oversight and management of Data Protection compliance programme |
| Incident response and assessment |
| Breach notification to Data Protection Supervisory Authority |
| Liaison with Data Controllers, Data Processors and Sub-Processors |
| Record keeping of processing operations |
| Conducting Privacy Impact Assessments |
| Responding to Subject Access Requests |
Multi-skilledDPOs can utilise other internal Risk Crew experts in information security governance risk and compliance to support your overall data protection programme objectives. | EfficiencyDPOs’ expert knowledge enables faster and easier implementation of required action in a practice-oriented way, specific to your business requirements. |
FlexibilityThe service can be utilised as a short or medium-term fix until you can recruit a permanent qualified and experienced DPO for your business. | SynergyExternal DPOs can make use of their experience from other organisations for your benefit by providing both a benchmark and validation for your compliance. |
IndependenceDPOs are required to act in an independent manner. CEOs, IT, HR and Legal Advisors are not allowed to work as DPOs, which can make selecting an independent DPO challenging. | Cost-effectiveThe DPO on-Demand service may well be more price-effective than long-term costs of deploying your own staff resources. |
Why Choose Risk Crew
FAQs
Generally speaking, a DPO is responsible for educating the organisation about compliance, training employees who process personal data, conducting privacy impact assessments associated with any changes in processing, responding to subject access requests and conducting routine security audits to ensure security controls deployed to protect sensitive personal data are effective. DPOs also serve as the point of contact between the organisation and any Supervisory Authorities (SAs) that oversee activities related to compliance (like the UK Information Commissioner’s Office).
A DPO should be independent, an expert in data protection, adequately resourced, and report to the highest management level possible.
Appointing a DPO is mandatory under three circumstances:
- The organisation is a public authority or body.
- The organisation’s core activities consist of data processing operations that require regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale.
- The organisation’s core activities consist of large-scale processing of special categories of data (sensitive data such as personal information on health, religion, race or sexual orientation) and/or personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences.
Yes. The GDPR allows organisations to outsource this requirement and appoint an external DPO acting under a service contract. Given the shortage of trained and experienced personnel, outsourcing this requirement can also be an extremely cost-effective solution.
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