Rules keep changing
Privacy requirements evolve faster than most teams can staff for.
DPO-as-a-Service
Your Privacy Program. Backed by Experts.
Get access to experienced privacy professionals who help your organisation manage data protection, strengthen compliance, and stay prepared as privacy requirements evolve.
Get expert privacy leadership without the cost of building a full-time privacy function. Whether a DPO is required depends on applicable regulations and your organisation's circumstances.
Regulatory environment
Privacy expertise aligned to your regulatory environment.
Support is scoped to the laws that apply to you. A DPO assignment does not automatically cover every jurisdiction.
GDPR
EU / EEA
DPDP Act
India
CCPA / CPRA
California
LGPD
Brazil
Other frameworks
Where they apply to you
The problem
Privacy compliance shouldn't be a part-time responsibility.
Work is scattered
Legal, IT, marketing, and security often share duties without a single owner.
DPIAs are hard to run
Impact assessments need a method, not a last-minute spreadsheet.
Rights requests need a process
Access, correction, and erasure need intake, verification, and evidence.
Vendors need review
Processors and tools should be assessed before personal data is shared.
Incident readiness is thin
Many organisations discover gaps only after something goes wrong.
Documents go stale
Notices, records of processing, and policies drift from real practice.
No dedicated privacy lead
Building a full-time privacy function is costly and slow to hire.
The model
Expert privacy leadership, without the full-time overhead.
Instead of hiring and building an entire internal privacy function, organisations can access dedicated privacy expertise through Consent Guru — with technology already in the loop.
- 01Business
- 02Consent Guru
- 03Privacy expert / DPO
- 04Continuous privacy management
Ongoing support
Advice and reviews on a cadence, not a one-off workshop.
Named expert where it fits
A privacy professional or DPO aligned to your circumstances, where that model is appropriate.
Governance
Roles, decisions, and documentation that operators can actually follow.
Advisory
Practical guidance on notices, vendors, assessments, and requests.
Monitoring
A view of consent, rights, and programme status in Consent Guru.
Reporting
Evidence and summaries you can share with leadership and auditors.
Services
Privacy work, scoped clearly.
Privacy Governance
Help define ownership, decision rights, and a working privacy operating rhythm.
DPIA Support
Structure data protection impact assessments and keep a defensible record of the work.
RoPA & Data Mapping
Build and maintain records of processing activities against how data actually moves.
Data Subject / Data Principal Rights
Intake, verify, and respond to access, correction, erasure, and related requests.
Vendor Privacy Assessments
Review processors and tools before personal data is entrusted to them.
Privacy Policy & Notice Review
Align public notices with processing, cookies, and consent practices.
Breach & Incident Support
Prepare playbooks and support decision-making if an incident occurs.
Regulatory Guidance
Explain what GDPR, DPDP, CCPA/CPRA, and other applicable rules mean for your operations.
Privacy Training
Practical sessions so teams know what they must do day to day.
Compliance Reporting
Summaries and evidence from Consent Guru and programme work for leadership.
How it works
Four steps to a working model.
01
Tell Us About Your Business
Share your organisation, industry, regulatory environment, and privacy requirements.
02
Assess Your Needs
We understand your privacy maturity, risks, and areas requiring support.
03
Get the Right Privacy Support
We recommend an appropriate DPO or privacy support model for your organisation.
04
Stay Privacy-Ready
Receive ongoing guidance, governance, monitoring, and reporting.
Service levels
Choose a starting point. Then talk to us.
Names below are placeholders. We quote after we understand your organisation. There is no published list price on this page.
Getting started
Essential
For organisations starting their privacy program.
- Privacy programme scoping
- Notice and consent review
- Rights-request process guidance
- Quarterly check-ins
- Consent Guru workspace setup advice
Ongoing governance
Professional
For organisations needing ongoing privacy governance.
- Named privacy professional / DPO where applicable
- DPIA and RoPA support
- Vendor assessment cadence
- Incident playbook review
- Regular reporting to leadership
- Consent Guru operating reviews
Complex operations
Enterprise
For complex organisations with broader regulatory and operational requirements.
- Multi-entity and multi-jurisdiction coordination
- Deeper assessment and training coverage
- Stakeholder workshops
- Custom reporting
- Priority response windows
- Technology plus expert operating model
Consent Guru advantage
Human expertise plus privacy technology.
Your DPO shouldn't have to work with spreadsheets and disconnected tools. Consent Guru brings privacy expertise and privacy technology together.
Privacy expert plus Consent Guru form a privacy operating layer for consent, rights, assessments, and evidence.
For businesses
Need a DPO or privacy expert?
Tell us about your organisation and privacy requirements. Our team will help determine the right level of support for you.
For professionals
Are you a privacy professional?
Join the Consent Guru DPO network and connect your expertise with organisations looking for trusted privacy professionals. This is an application, not a marketplace.
Talk to us
Start with an enquiry.
Businesses and privacy professionals can use the same form. We will reply by email. There is no checkout, matching engine, or DPO marketplace on this page.
Questions
1.What is DPO-as-a-Service?
It is a way to access experienced privacy professionals and DPO-style support through Consent Guru, instead of building a full-time internal privacy function from scratch. The exact model depends on your organisation, processing, and applicable law.
2.Who can benefit from DPO-as-a-Service?
Organisations that process personal data and need privacy leadership, governance, or operational help — including teams that already use or plan to use Consent Guru for consent, notices, and rights requests.
3.Do I need a full-time DPO?
Not always. Whether a DPO or similar role is required depends on applicable regulations and your circumstances, such as the nature of processing and where you operate. We help you understand options. We do not claim that every company legally needs a DPO.
4.What does a DPO typically help with?
Typical work includes privacy governance, advising on processing, supporting DPIAs, records of processing, data subject or data principal requests, vendor reviews, notices, incident readiness, and reporting. Scope is agreed after we understand your organisation.
5.Can you support multiple privacy regulations?
We can work with programmes that span GDPR, India’s DPDP Act, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD, and other frameworks that apply to you. Coverage is aligned to your regulatory environment. A single expert does not automatically cover every jurisdiction.
6.Can Consent Guru help with DPIAs and data rights requests?
Yes. Privacy experts can support DPIAs and rights workflows, and Consent Guru provides technology for consent records, preference management, and rights-request operations. Using the platform does not by itself make you compliant.
7.How does the onboarding process work?
Tell us about your organisation and requirements. We assess maturity and risk, recommend a support model, then work to a cadence of guidance, reviews, monitoring, and reporting.
8.How do I join the DPO network?
Use the “Join as a DPO” form. It is an application to be considered for the Consent Guru DPO network. This page is not a marketplace, matching engine, or bidding platform.
Build a privacy program that keeps moving.
Combine expert privacy guidance with the technology to manage, monitor, and evidence your privacy program.
This page describes a professional services offering alongside Consent Guru software. It is not legal advice. Using Consent Guru or engaging a privacy professional does not by itself make an organisation compliant with GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, the DPDP Act, or any other law.