An appointed DPO, without a full-time salary attached
Many organisations are legally required to appoint a Data Protection Officer, but don't generate enough ongoing work to justify a full-time role. DPO-as-a-Service gives you a properly appointed, independent DPO — someone the ICO, your staff and your clients can actually contact — on terms that scale with your organisation.
Discuss an appointmentWhat's included
Article 37 appointment
Formal appointment as your organisation's Data Protection Officer, named as the point of contact for the ICO and for data subjects.
Advice to the business
Ongoing guidance to leadership, marketing, HR, product and engineering teams on what specific processing activities require under UK GDPR.
Monitoring compliance
Regular review of policies, records of processing, and data protection practices, with clear write-ups of what needs attention.
DPIA oversight
Advice on when a Data Protection Impact Assessment is required, and review of DPIAs your teams carry out.
A single point of contact
One person your teams, your clients and the ICO can reach — not a rotating cast or a generic inbox.
Is this a legal requirement for you?
Under Article 37 UK GDPR, appointing a DPO is mandatory for public authorities, and for organisations whose core activities involve large-scale, regular and systematic monitoring of individuals, or large-scale processing of special category data. Plenty of other organisations appoint one voluntarily, because it demonstrates accountability and gives leadership a clear line of sight into their data protection risk.
If you're not sure which category you fall into, that's a perfectly reasonable first question to bring to a consultation — I'll give you a straight answer, including if the honest answer is that you don't need a DPO at all.
Ready to talk about an appointment?
A short call is usually enough to work out whether an appointed DPO is the right fit, and what it would look like in practice.