Scalable & Cost-effective GDPR Compliance with Virtual DPO
Outsource your DPO and stay GDPR compliant with a scalable yearly subscription.
- Continuous compliance
- Always available
- Appointed DPO
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What is the CRANIUM vDPO?
The CRANIUM vDPO is developed to offer a complete, efficient, and scalable GDPR compliance solution at a fixed price per year. Tailored to your organisation, our service ensures you only pay for what you need—nothing more, nothing less.
We work based on a GDPR yearly updated improvement plan and report, identifying the actions and priorities required to work further towards compliance.
Through our dedicated software platform (RESPONSUM), you can always check-in with your team of experts, and/or be in the driver seat as you like.
Based on your organisation’s needs you can also opt for a further 12 month implementation, and choose the most suitable offering.
Benefits of the VirtualDPO Office.
Dedicated DPO
Having a dedicated DPO can be costly. Our vDPO supports many organisations who want the DPO expertise at a scalable rate.
Sector-specific Knowledge
Years of experience across sectors, enables us to offer tailored advice and pre-prepared documents for your industry’s compliance needs.
Prove Accountability
Easily demonstrate GDPR compliance and accountability towards management, clients, investors and authorities.
Continuity & Availability
We ensure availability and follow-up by appointing a team of consultants, avoiding complex handovers and out-of-office difficulties.
Scalable Solutions
Our tiered offering allows you to allocate time and material to your privacy compliance in line with your organisation's needs
How does the Virtual DPO work?
Our vDPO offering consists of eight key components. Your subscription level determines how extensive each component is executed.
01 - Intake & analysis
- GDPR quick scan: an intake meeting and mini privacy scan to get a global overview of the current status of your organisation and its GDPR compliance level
- If you want a more elaborate overview and status report, we recommend starting with a Privacy Scan before onboarding the vDPO offering.
02 - Privacy Improvement Plan
- Following the quick scan, we draft a privacy improvement plan in which we identify the highest risks and priorities to tackle the following 12 months.
- Depending on your priorities, we set up an implementation plan for the next three years.
03 - Implementation
With access to your RESPONSUM environment and our up-to-date template and documentation library, you can start tackling the improvement plan at own pace. Your vDPO will be readily available for guidance and support on an ad hoc base ensuring fast and effective results.
Supplementary, upon delivery of your improvement plan you’ll receive two customised quotes to have your improvement plan executed by the vDPO at your requested pace. Depending on your needs and budgets, this can be either at ‘walking’ or at ‘running’ pace.
04 - Continuous availability
You receive a dedicated email address for internal stakeholders. The urgency and your subscription level determine how we handle each type of request. The economies of scale of the vDPO guarantee a response time of five working days.
05 - Official Data Protection Officer
We fulfil the role of DPO as described in articles 37-39 of the GDPR, meaning i.a. advising your organisation on data protection activities, answering ad hoc questions and supporting when handling personal data breaches or data subject requests. Sometimes an officially appointed DPO is required in public tenders. With vDPO we can be appointed within 1 working day.
06 - Awareness & training
Through your dedicated RESPONSUM environment, all employees within your organisation have access to a broad range of e-learnings and a phishing simulation tool to ensure a permanent increase of alertness
07 - Access to RESPONSUM
Access our state-of-the-art SaaS platform for simple, transparent compliance management.
08 - Recurring evaluation
The status of your organisation’s GDPR compliance level will be monitored and documented on a continuous level, to identify new potential risks and action points.
On a yearly basis, a formal status report and updated improvement plan is drafted and presented, to ensure clarity and involvement.
Why organisations trust CRANIUM
We evaluate the maturity of your GDPR practices based on our own CRANIUM GDPR Framework. Our breadth of experience has made us experts in every industry, with templates and automated processes that are ready off-the-shelf.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Which sectors do you have experience in?
CRANIUM has extensive experience across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, education, retail, technology, and more. This allows us to provide sector-specific advice and pre-prepared documents tailored to your industry and specific challenges.
What is the CRANIUM GDPR Framework?
Our GDPR Framework evaluates the maturity of your compliance practices and identifies areas for improvement. It is designed to help organisations of any size, industry or country (within the EU) demonstrate accountability effectively. You can find more information here.
Can you help us with incident response?
Yes, our vDPO is available for ad hoc support regarding data breaches and other incidents in the Silver and Gold offering. We assist with investigating, reporting, and mitigating issues while maintaining compliance with GDPR regulations.
How do you handle working hybrid or remotely?
To improve efficiency, our team mainly works in a remote setting, allowing us to support your organisation wherever you are.
We maintain strong communication channels through virtual meetings, our RESPONSUM platform, and regular updates to ensure consistent collaboration and fast response times.
However, the yearly presentation of the status report and/or other important meetings can be organised in person upon mutual agreement.
Is there a minimum commitment period?
Our annual subscription model ensures cost-effectiveness and consistency. However, we are happy to discuss flexible terms based on your organisation’s needs in case of unplanned or planned absences. Reach out to us for a personalised quote.
Interested in our Virtual DPO offering?
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