At DPAS, our consultancy services go beyond basic compliance, offering a strategic and practical approach to embedding data protection requirements across your organisation. Whether you need expert input on a single policy or require full UK or EU GDPR implementation support, our team is here to help, no matter the size or complexity of the task.
Our experienced GDPR consultants work closely with you to integrate compliance into your everyday operations. This includes creating and maintaining your Record of Processing Activities or Information Asset Registers, drafting tailored policies, supporting data sharing frameworks, managing supplier risk, support with implementing AI, guidance on CCTV compliance, and advising on specific projects. No matter the size of your project, we can support your organisation. Our support is always pragmatic, proportionate, and aligned with the needs of your business.
At DPAS, we take a client focused approach with our bespoke data protection consultancy. We tailor our services to your sector, risk profile, and business operations. Our ethos is to engage, educate, and empower, and that’s reflected in the trusted relationships we’ve built with over 250 organisations across the UK.
Whether you require one-off advice or longer-term project support, we offer clear, actionable advice and frameworks to help your organisation meet its obligations, reduce risk, and strengthen its compliance position. Book a meeting with a consultant today to discuss your needs.
Why choose DPAS for your data protection consultancy needs?
DATA PROTECTION CONSULTANCY SERVICES
As part of your Article 30 UK GDPR obligations, maintaining a comprehensive Record of Processing Activities (ROPA) is essential. Our consultancy team will help you build, review, and maintain your ROPA, ensuring it reflects the way personal data is collected, used, stored, and shared across your organisation. We provide templates, facilitate workshops, and guide you in creating a living document that supports ongoing compliance and risk management.
An effective Information Asset Register (IAR) allows you to track all personal data assets within your organisation. We support clients by mapping data flows, identifying data owners, categorising risk levels, and ensuring alignment with your ROPA and IT asset inventories. Our data protection consultants will help you establish a structured and sustainable IAR that provides oversight, accountability, and supports data governance best practices.
If your organisation carries out high-risk data processing activities—such as implementing new technologies or large-scale surveillance—then Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are critical. Our consultancy service offers end-to-end support with DPIAs, including risk identification, analysis, mitigation planning, and documentation. We can also train your team to manage DPIAs internally while ensuring a compliant and defensible process.
Navigating international data transfers can be complex, particularly in a post-Brexit regulatory environment. Our consultancy services help you assess and document your global data flows, select appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses), and conduct Transfer Risk Assessments (TRAs) as required. We ensure your international transfers are lawful, transparent, and secure—reducing the risk of enforcement action and reputational damage.
Clear and comprehensive data protection policies are the backbone of a compliant organisation. We create, review, and update your suite of policies, including Data Protection, Retention, Subject Access, Data Breach Response, and more. Our consultants tailor all documents to your sector and operations, ensuring your staff understand their responsibilities and that your organisation meets regulatory expectations.
We draft and review Data Sharing Agreements and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) to ensure your contracts with third parties and data processors meet legal requirements under the UK GDPR. Our consultancy includes advising on controller/processor roles, ensuring appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place, and helping you respond to due diligence requests from partners or clients.
Embedding privacy from the outset of any project is not only best practice—it’s a legal obligation under the GDPR. Our consultants help your organisation apply privacy by design and default principles by engaging with your teams early in project lifecycles. We review system architectures, business processes, and new initiatives to ensure personal data is minimised, secured, and handled lawfully at every stage.
As organisations increasingly adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and systems, ensuring compliance with UK GDPR and emerging AI regulations is vital. Our data protection consultancy provides expert guidance on the safe and lawful deployment of AI technologies. We support you with AI-specific Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), risk assessments, supplier due diligence, and internal policy development. We also help establish AI governance frameworks, ensuring transparency, accountability, and fairness in AI-driven decision-making. Whether you’re developing in-house solutions or working with third-party vendors, our consultants ensure your AI initiatives align with both current data protection laws and ethical best practice.
Effective records management is fundamental to GDPR compliance and good information governance. We support organisations in creating and implementing retention schedules that define how long different types of personal and business data should be kept, and when and how they should be securely disposed of. Our data protection consultants assess your current data lifecycle practices, align them with legal and regulatory requirements, and help embed retention rules into everyday processes and systems. Whether you’re starting from scratch or need to update an outdated policy, we ensure your records management supports accountability, reduces storage risk, and meets sector-specific obligations.
Using CCTV involves processing personal data and must comply with the UK GDPR and the Protection of Freedoms Act. As part of our data protection consultancy services, we support organisations in implementing lawful, transparent, and proportionate CCTV frameworks. This includes drafting or reviewing CCTV policies, signage, privacy notices, and access request procedures. We also conduct assessments to ensure camera placement is justified, data retention is appropriate, and footage is handled securely. Whether you’re introducing new surveillance systems or reviewing existing setups, our consultants help ensure your use of CCTV meets legal requirements and stands up to scrutiny from regulators or data subjects.
Your website and marketing communications are often the first place data protection failures can be spotted, by customers or regulators. As part of our data protection consultancy service, we provide thorough reviews of your website and marketing practices to ensure full UK GDPR and PECR compliance. This includes reviewing cookie consent banners and cookie policies, privacy notices, contact forms, newsletter sign-ups, and tracking tools like Google Analytics. We also assess your email marketing, SMS campaigns, and data capture processes to ensure lawful bases are applied correctly and customer preferences are respected. Our team helps you reduce risk, build customer trust, and stay compliant in your digital presence.
With the introduction of the UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information Act (DUA Act), organisations need to reassess their existing data protection frameworks to ensure ongoing compliance. As part of our consultancy offering, we review your current policies, procedures, contracts, and documentation in light of the latest legislative changes. Our consultants provide tailored advice on what the DUA Act means for your organisation and help you update relevant materials, from lawful basis assessments and DPIAs to privacy notices and retention schedules. We ensure you’re prepared, up to date, and compliant with evolving UK data protection laws.
CASE STUDIES
Due to the busy nature of Prestige Nursing and Care, internal resources were limited.
Engaging with DPAS allowed Prestige Nursing and Care to be confident that there was no stone left unturned, in order to develop a comprehensive plan going forward.
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DPAS have always been extremely responsive and helpful
DPAS have been instrumental in supporting Prestige Nursing & Care as we embark on our franchising journey, to ensure that our franchise agreements are aligned with the relevant data protection legislation
South Western Ambulance Services Foundation Trust (SWAST) approached DPAS several years ago, seeking outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) support.
They required expert guidance on key projects, assistance with complex data protection enquiries, and additional support for their in-house team. Since then, DPAS has been providing remote DPO services, ensuring SWAST remains fully compliant with data protection law.
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DPAS have been hugely helpful in recent years
From our experience, every one of the team are knowledgeable and extremely competent. We have benefited from the a range of services from DPAS and specifically acting as our Data Protection Officer, offering training, advice and adding to our Information Governance capacity which was welcome and much needed.
DPO as a service
Our data protection consultancy service includes end-to-end support across all key compliance areas: Records of Processing Activities (ROPA), Information Asset Registers (IAR), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), international data transfers, policy development, data sharing agreements, retention schedules, AI governance, CCTV frameworks, and more. We provide tailored advice, documentation, and training to help you meet your obligations under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act.
Any organisation that processes personal data—particularly those handling large volumes, special category data, or operating across borders—can benefit from a data protection consultant. We work with private companies, public bodies, schools, charities, and healthcare providers to ensure compliance, reduce risk, and improve internal practices around data governance.
Yes. Our consultants have extensive experience across a range of sectors including healthcare (NHS trusts, GP surgeries, ICBs), education (state and independent schools), and non-profits. We tailor our approach to align with your sector’s legal obligations, operational needs, and industry-specific challenges.
Absolutely. We offer dedicated support for organisations implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or automation systems. This includes AI-specific DPIAs, supplier reviews, internal governance frameworks, and ethical risk assessments. Our goal is to help you deploy AI technologies safely, lawfully, and in line with evolving regulatory expectations.
We assess your cross-border data flows and help you implement appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), Transfer Risk Assessments (TRAs), and other lawful mechanisms. Our consultants ensure your international transfers are documented, justified, and compliant with the UK’s post-Brexit data protection regime.
Yes, training is a core part of our service. We deliver engaging, practical training sessions for staff at all levels—covering topics such as GDPR basics, data breach handling, DPIAs, AI, and information security. Training can be provided in-person, virtually, or through custom eLearning modules.
We work with you to develop retention schedules that meet legal, regulatory, and operational needs. Our consultants assess your current records management practices, recommend improvements, and help embed retention rules into your systems and processes to reduce risk and support accountability.
Yes. We offer full support with CCTV data protection compliance. This includes policy writing, signage templates, lawful basis assessments, access request processes, and data retention guidance. Whether you’re setting up a new system or reviewing existing footage management, we ensure your use of CCTV meets GDPR requirements.
Both. We offer flexible options to suit your needs—from one-off gap analyses or policy reviews, to retained consultancy with regular advisory support. Retained clients benefit from ongoing access to our consultants, up-to-date templates, and rapid response for urgent queries or incidents.
Simply get in touch with us via our contact form or call. We’ll schedule an initial consultation to understand your needs, assess your current compliance posture, and recommend the most suitable service package. Whether you’re just starting your compliance journey or need specialist support, we’re here to help.
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WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Easy to understand data privacy and information security services that are always available, consistently pragmatic and continually exceeding expectations.
Our outsourced DPO services provide expert, up-to-date GDPR guidance, ensuring your organisation remains compliant with the latest legal and regulatory changes. By choosing an outsourced Data Protection Officer, you gain direct access to specialists who monitor legislation, best practices, and ICO updates—keeping your business protected and ahead of compliance risks.
Our outsourced DPO services provide expert data protection compliance at a competitive rate, exceeding client expectations. Avoid the cost of an in-house team or legal fees—our tailored solutions ensure compliance, affordability, and dedicated support.
Outsourcing your DPO allows your organisation to scale up requirements as needed without the commitment of a full-time or part-time employee. We have the capacity and capability to hit the ground running and support your organisation whenever you need it so you can focus on your core business activities.
We work with you to identify any potential threats and take steps to mitigate them, reducing the risk of reputational damage and compliance fines. With our up-to-date knowledge on current issues facing data protection, AI and information security we can take proactive measures to safeguard your data.
With extensive experience in interim and outsourced DPO services, we support public, private, and third-sector organisations with a hands-on, tailored approach. At DPAS, we recognise that every organisation has unique challenges, so we deliver bespoke data protection solutions designed to meet your specific compliance needs.
Entrusting the DPO role to a competent professional provides you with peace of mind. You can rest assured that your organisation’s data is being managed by someone with the necessary expertise, allowing you to focus on other critical aspects of your business.
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