Why use an Outsourced Data Protection Officer?

Under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR, you must appoint  appoint a DPO if:

• you are a public authority or body (except for courts acting in their judicial capacity);
• your core activities require large scale, regular and systematic monitoring of individuals (for example, online behaviour tracking); or
• your core activities consist of large scale processing of special categories of data or data relating to criminal convictions and offences.

However you can also choose to appoint a DPO if even if you aren’t required to. 

A DPO appointed in the UK can also act as your DPO for other European countries.

Privacy Partnership consultants can provide support as permanent or interim Data Protection Officers.

The DPO' s statutory obligations  will be met by your Privacy Partnership DPO team led by an experienced DPO. These include:

•  informing and advising you and your employees about your obligations to comply with the UK GDPR and other data protection laws
• monitoring  compliance with the UK GDPR and other data protection laws, and with your data protection polices, including managing internal data protection activities; raising awareness of data protection issues, training staff and conducting internal audits;
• advising on, and monitoring Data Protection Impact Assessments
• Cooperating with the Data Protection Authorities on your behalf ; and
• acting a as a first point of contact for the Data protection Authorities such as the  ICO and for individuals whose data is processed (employees, customers etc).