External Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Dealing with data privacy is time consuming – but it’s also a critical success factor. Although not all organizations are required to designate a Data Protection Officer (DPO), many choose to do so anyway. Engaging a specialist with the time, expertise and resources to deal with privacy-related challenges in a sound investment in compliance – and reputation management.

The primary role of the DPO is to ensure that your organization processes the personal data of employees, customers, providers or any other individuals in compliance with the applicable data protection rules.

The DPO’s multi-disciplinary one, spanning not only legal, but also IT, risk and business insights. Given the high degree of expertise and knowledge required, it can be difficult to fill the position adequately, or allocate sufficient resources within the organization.

Choose EY as your external Data Protection Officer or a partner providing support to your internal Data Protection Officer in his/her daily tasks. Our multidisciplinary team of specialists is familiar with the latest data protection legislation, guidance, case law and best practices. Outsourcing the DPO function to EY or engaging EY as a partner supporting your internal Data Protection Officer means you get:

Your own dedicated and highly available specialist

Peace of mind that there will be no conflict of interest between DPO tasks and other duties

• EY’s breadth and depth of experience
• Access to best practices around how to achieve and maintain compliance
• Extensive expertise in data protection legislation
• Familiarity with challenges and obstacles
• Benchmarks with peer organizations

Far from simply ensuring compliance, engaging EY as your external DPO adds value to your business and your people at multiple touch points. Supported by technology and our global organization, we monitor regulatory developments and anticipate changes in your areas of operation. It means we can keep you and your people up to date on all relevant data protection regulations and support you with training as necessary. We understand and advise you on the broader topics of the data governance and privacy management, as well as on the topics of the data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), records of processing activities (ROPAs), data breach management, privacy notices, data protection agreements, trainings and other.

As your official Data Protection Officer, EY will confidently and competently handle any queries from the supervisory authorities or deal with queries or complaints of data subjects or other third parties or support your internal Data Protection Officer with these tasks. Choose from our range of scalable service models depending on your organization’s needs.