Why use a Fractional or 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.

This applies to both controllers and processors. 

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).

In addition to helping you to meet your statutory obligations your Privacy Partnership DPO can also maintain the official ‘Record of Processing’ fort he organisation (including data inventory audits) and will produce an Annual Report for the Board on the provision of data privacy controls in the business. Our service also includes support for assessing and reporting security incidents and breaches and a helpline for all your general data privacy queries.