"Our Series C lead asked for a named DPO in diligence. We had one filed with the Austrian DPA six working days later. The deal closed on time."
Elisa Schuster
General Counsel · Connected devices, Vienna
If you process personal data at scale, handle special categories, or operate in the public sector, GDPR requires a Data Protection Officer. We provide a named, independent, senior privacy lawyer — registered with the supervisory authority, embedded in your team, and backed by a bench of specialists.
Most teams discover the requirement during a DPA audit or a customer security review. We'd rather you discover it on a 10-minute call. Tick what's true.
A DPO is required when any of the three Art. 37(1) triggers apply. Outside those, it's often contractually required anyway — most enterprise-security reviews in 2024–25 ask for a named DPO regardless of legal obligation.
Not a rotating inbox. Not a junior paralegal. You get a senior privacy lawyer with sector-matched experience, filed with your lead DPA by name, reachable on Slack, backed by a team for peak load.
Designated DPO · filed with BfDI · reference DPO-2026-00417
Healthtech, B2B SaaS, connected devices. Two Series C→IPO tours. Former in-house at a regulated European health platform.
Native German, working English & French. Files and responds to German, Austrian, and Swiss regulators in native.
On Slack during CET business hours. 24h response on all client channels. Emergency hotline for breach events.
Backed by 6 privacy counsels and external barristers at a magic-circle firm for litigation-grade matters.
Sample assignment. Your DPO is matched by sector, regulatory geography, language, and existing customer workload.
90-minute call. We map your data processing, confirm Art. 37 applicability, and shortlist two DPOs matched to your sector and geography.
Mandate letter countersigned. Your DPO joins your Slack, gets read-only access to your privacy tooling, and completes the intake questionnaire.
We file the designation with your lead DPA, update your privacy policy with the Art. 37(7) contact details, and register the role in your Art. 30 records.
DPO delivers a compliance baseline — gaps, risks, priorities — to your highest management. Ongoing rhythm starts: weekly office hours, quarterly board report, annual audit.
// Required under GDPR Art. 37(7) Data Protection Officer Lena Hofmann c/o World Presence j.d.o.o. Ulica Brune Bušića 42, 10000 Zagreb Email: dpo@eupresence.com Ref: ACME-DPO-2026 // Filed with lead DPA: // DPO-2026-00417 // Updated within 24h of any change.
From Series C healthtech to global adtech to regulated insurers — DPO designated, filed with the lead DPA, and embedded on your team within two weeks.
"Our Series C lead asked for a named DPO in diligence. We had one filed with the Austrian DPA six working days later. The deal closed on time."
"We'd been dodging the DPO question for 18 months. Having a senior counsel on Slack three days after signing was a step-change in how our team operates."
"DPA audit hit in month four. Our DPO handled correspondence in German, filed the response ahead of deadline, and closed it with no action."
"We compared an in-house hire vs this. The fully-loaded cost difference was 6× — for the same seniority and higher availability."
A named DPO on record, available monthly, with all the statutory duties covered and no scope creep.
Weekly office hours on Slack, unlimited DPIAs, board-ready reporting, vendor DPA review queue — plus GDPR Representative bundled.
For multi-entity groups, regulated sectors, or listed companies needing a group-level DPO plus on-site presence.
DPO, external Representative, and the privacy UI your data subjects actually see. One onboarding, one counsel team, one invoice.
Named senior counsel as your Art. 37 DPO, filed with your DPA.
Article 27 coverage, 27 member states, named EU entity on record.
Hosted trust hub, DSR inbox, policies, certifications.
Yes, explicitly. Art. 37(6) permits the DPO to be "a staff member of the controller or processor or fulfil the tasks on the basis of a service contract." The EDPB guidance confirms this is a first-class option and specifically endorses it for SMEs and non-EU companies without local privacy staff.
Different roles, often confused. A DPO (Art. 37–39) advises you on compliance — internal-facing. A Representative (Art. 27) is your legal EU-side contact for authorities and data subjects. If you have no EU establishment you may need both. We offer both, and bundle them.
Yes — and they're bound by statutory confidentiality under Art. 38(5), enforceable in addition to our MSA. Your DPO signs your confidentiality policy, your code of conduct, and gets read-only access to the privacy tooling you choose.
The structure matters. The DPO reports to your highest management but receives no instructions on how to perform the role (Art. 38[3]). Our service contract replicates this: your DPO is engaged, paid, and can only be dismissed for cause. We maintain a firewall between billing and advisory.
Your DPO is the point of contact. They take the first correspondence, translate and coordinate with you, draft written responses, and — if things escalate — brief external counsel and sit with your GC. Breach-scale events trigger our 24/7 hotline and a full tabletop playbook.
Yes, with 30 days' notice for cause, or at renewal for convenience. We file the change with your lead DPA, produce a handover dossier, and match you to a new DPO from our bench. Continuity is the whole point — the DPO you had never leaves without overlap.
90-minute discovery call. A shortlist of two DPOs matched by sector. Designated, filed with the DPA, and published on your privacy policy in two weeks.