Data Privacy (GDPR) Services

Ensuring Data Protection Excellence

Why Choose BDO for Your Data Protection Needs?

Navigating data privacy laws, like GDPR and Jersey’s Data Protection Law, can be daunting. Many organisations still struggle with compliance, but BDO offers a clear, efficient path to ensure you meet all legal requirements. Our team translates complex regulations into practical, actionable steps tailored to your business. With BDO, you can expect solutions that are pragmatic, precise, and cost-effective, ensuring your compliance without unnecessary overheads.

Outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) Service

For businesses processing significant amounts of personal data or special category data that poses high risk to data subjects, appointing a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is a legal obligation. Finding a qualified, full-time DPO can be challenging, and often unnecessary. Our outsourced DPO service offers you a flexible, cost-efficient solution. Whether working remotely or embedded within your organisation, our DPOs are an integral part of your team, ensuring that your data protection practices are robust and compliant.

Key Benefits of BDO's Outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) Service
Expert Guidance:

Our DPOs conduct comprehensive analyses of your existing data privacy policies, pinpointing gaps and offering tailored solutions. They serve as the primary contact for staff, clients, the public, and the Regulator, while also monitoring your organisation’s data processing activities. Additionally, they report to and advise your Board or Senior Management Team (SMT) and assist with data protection impact assessments.

Seamless Integration:

Whether working remotely or embedded within your organisation, our DPOs seamlessly integrate into your team, ensuring they function as a vital part of your operations.

Comprehensive GDPR Services Include:
GDPR Maturity Assessment:

Regardless of size or sector of your organisation, we offer a pragmatic and effective gap analysis or 'health checks' to assess your organisation's compliance with data protection legislation. We will provide a risk assessment of all areas, highlighting high risk areas and recommendations for improvement. The assessment can be repeated on an annual basis, to provide a map of the progress of your journey through compliance.

Training and awareness

We provide training options that suit your needs, whether online, in-person, or virtual, all delivered by experienced and qualified presenters. Our bespoke training is tailored to your specific business sector, addressing key issues relevant to your operations. Our online training includes full audit functionality, enabling you to track staff knowledge and demonstrate your organisation’s compliance. Additionally, we offer the IAPP certification programme to further enhance your team's expertise.

Subject Access Request Services

Our Subject Access Request (SAR) services manage the entire process, from the initial inquiry to the delivery of the completed document set. We provide independent, experienced advice, handle document discovery and redaction and can liaise with the Regulator on your behalf. Additionally, we act as the point of contact for the requestor and manage any follow-up on complaints or challenges.

Breach Management

Our Breach Management services ensure effective internal breach reporting and provide a rapid response to remediate issues. We assess your current breach stance and liability, identify and implement mitigation strategies, and offer staff training on how to recognise and respond to breaches. Additionally, we liaise with the Regulator to notify high-risk breaches and help identify lessons learned, promoting continuous improvement in your breach management processes.

Data Strategy and Governance

Our Data Strategy and Governance services focus on embedding privacy by design into your organisation’s information strategy and governance framework. We draft and review key documents such as retention schedules, records of processing, policies and procedures, and privacy notices. 

Additionally, we assess cookie and marketing protocols, review third-party providers, and offer remediation as needed. Our team also provides ad hoc advice on specific issues, including data sharing, CCTV surveillance, international transfers, and complex data sharing contracts.

Data Protection Managed Services

In addition to specific engagements, we can offer a long -term commitment to oversee and manage all your organisation's data protection requirements – to provide you with peace of mind and confidence in the security of the data you process. 

Our services can include:

  • 24/7 Service desk support 
  • Provision of MDM systems, encryption, hosting, penetration testing and ethical hacking services
  • Secure data destruction services for electronic devices


Partner with BDO for Data Privacy Excellence

By choosing BDO for your outsourced DPO needs, you gain more than just compliance. You gain a trusted partner dedicated to helping you build a culture of privacy and trust within your organisation. With tailored, expert support, we ensure your data protection is efficient, compliant, and aligned with your business goals.

Contact our Data Privacy Team