Outsourced Data Protection Officer

Do I need a Data Protection Officer?

At Hope & May, a very common question we are asked is, ‘do I need a Data Protection Officer?’. The simple answer is yes.

Every organisation, regardless of size or location, is legally obliged to ensure the security and protection of the personal data they process that may identify individuals.

Feel confident that privacy is a priority

A GDPR Data Protection Officer (DPO) is therefore responsible for making sure your organisation has the right advice and guidance at any time in any setting. The DPO is required to give impartial advice which means everyone can feel confident that privacy is a priority.

This is particularly true where special category of information is processed. Such categories include health, religious belief, and sexual orientation. This helps to ensure the organisation can demonstrate its accountability to the law, and ultimately ensure transparency wherever data is processed.

Peace of mind

We offer a cost-effective outsourced Data Protection Officer service that gives you peace of mind. Our team works with many organisations and have accumulated considerable experience some in very challenging circumstances.

Our National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)-trusted service represents the most cost-effective way to appoint a Data Protection Officer. What’s more, we offer generous discounts to all NCVO members.

All your GDPR needs are in safe hands.

A GDPR Data Protection Officer can be appointed internally, but as global data protection experts. We can offer an outsourced Data Protection Officer service that gives you peace of mind that all your GDPR needs are in safe hands.

To find out more about our outsourced Data Protection Officer services, please contact us

A full data protection consultancy

Hope & May helpline

Full consultancy support

Staff data protection training

Compliance health check

We are the only trusted supplier to The National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), and work with multiple other reputable organisations.

Testimonials

Hope & May act as the Bikeability Trust DPO and have helped us with our policies, queries and amends to a rather complex DPIA statement. We consider Mark to be an extension of our staff team, as he is always on hand to give excellent and professional advice. Recently Mark kindly presented a data protection workshop at our annual industry conference. Mark was engaging and demonstrated how knowledgeable he is within the Q&A session. Thank you for your continued support and expertise which is greatly valued.

We have been using Hope & May for the last four years and would be more than happy to offer the strongest endorsement for their services. Mark is very agile to our needs and demands and has always delivered. As a research and evaluation agency we deal in some highly sensitive data collection sets and the integrity of our processes and systems is paramount. Mark has always delivered. Aside from that, Mark has routinely delivered training sessions to our staff - he does so with professionalism, and indeed a touch of humour to get the points made. I have no qualms about strongly recommending Hope & May.

"The GDPR support provided by Mark and the team at Hope and May has been exceptional. The experience and ongoing guidance provided to Keylu has enabled us to move the business forward with confidence ensuring we remain compliant whilst at the same time keeping the interests of our users at the forefront of what we do."

I had never attended such a well structured and insightful training before. The content was rich, relevant and extremely useful. You did an amazing job at sharing your expertise, including your knowledge around the current and possible future political scenario, especially considering the complexity of this topic. I'm gonna bring back what I have learned to my charity, and hopefully raise our standards around data protection and GDPR. I couldn't be more grateful.

"We wanted to send you a really, really big thank you for all of your advice and guidance over the last week. Your expertise, wisdom and empathy through what was a challenging time for us was grounding and reassuring and we are so grateful, particularly as you were so quick to help"

"Just a quick note to say a huge thank you for all your incredible hard work and kind support. This has helped our charity immensely and we are amazed at what you have achieved"

Outsourced Data Protection Officer