DPOaaS
DPO as-a-Service, external DPO and Privacy professionals

Data Privacy Laws like the GDPR, ePrivacy, CCPA and LGPD are becoming more and part of our global society – find your compliance partners on DPOaaS.com

What is DPOaaS or DPO as a Service?

DPOaaS or DPO as-a-Service is an abbreviation for Data Protection Officer as-a-Service. Businesses that offer this kind of service provide external Data Protection Officers to other companies that need to make their organisation compliant with data protection laws and privacy laws like the GDPR, ePrivacy, CCPA and LGPD.

What is a Data Protection Officer (DPO)?

A data protection officer or DPO ensures that personal data of all the individuals related to a company is processed in a compliant way. For a certain company these individuals could be clients, staff, providers or other individuals whose data is being processed by the company.

What is an External Data Protection Officer (External DPO)?

An external data protection officer or external DPO is contracted for handling compliance tasks a that company might have. For example DPIA’s (Data Protection Impact Assessment) or offering compliance training to employees. The external DPO makes sure that personal data of all the individuals related to a company is processed in a compliant way.

What does a Data Protection Officer do?

The DPO brings organisations up-to-date on their data protection obligations and gives advice to the management on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA). Also, the DPO communicates with Data Subject and handles Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR)