Expert Data Privacy and GDPR Consultancy Services for Global Enterprises

A GDPR consultant provides expert advice on achieving and maintaining compliance with GDPR. They conduct audits, develop strategic compliance plans, and offer ongoing support to ensure your data protection measures meet EU standards. Our data protection consulting services simplify these processes for your business.

The GDPR is based on seven core principles:
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1. Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency
2. Purpose limitation
3. Data minimization
4. Accuracy
5. Storage limitation
6. Integrity and confidentiality
7. Accountability

Our GDPR compliance consulting ensures that these principles are embedded in your organization’s data management practices.

Under Article 37 GDPR you must appoint a DPO if you are a public authority, if your core activities involve regular and systematic monitoring of individuals on a large scale, or if you process special categories of data or criminal conviction data on a large scale. Many organisations outside these cases appoint one voluntarily. Our guide on how to choose a DPO in 2026 walks through the decision, and our outsourced DPO service covers the appointment if you need one.

A GDPR consultant reduces regulatory exposure and turns compliance into something you can show to customers, auditors and investors. Our GDPR consulting works in three steps. We assess your current level of GDPR compliance, build a customised action plan from that assessment, then implement the plan in a controlled, cost-efficient way alongside your teams.

Yes, in many cases. Under Article 3(2) GDPR, the regulation applies to organisations established outside the EU that offer goods or services to people in the EU or monitor their behaviour, wherever the company is headquartered. Those organisations may also need to appoint an EU Representative under Article 27. Our comparison of US data protection laws and GDPR explains where the two frameworks overlap and differ.

A data protection consultant is a specialist who advises organizations on best practices for securing personal data in accordance with EU laws and beyond. Our data protection consultancy provides actionable insights and strategic guidance tailored to your needs.

GDPR defines five roles that matter in practice.

1. The controller decides why and how personal data is processed.
2. The processor handles data on the controller's behalf.
3. The Data Protection Officer monitors compliance internally.
4. The supervisory authority (the CNIL in France, the ICO in the UK) enforces the regulation.
5. The data subject is the individual whose data is processed and who holds the rights under Chapter III.

Data consultancy in a GDPR context is expert advisory support on how personal data is governed across your organisation. It covers data mapping, lawful bases, retention, transfers, vendor contracts and the documentation that proves accountability. At DPO Consulting we deliver it through our consultants and through myDPO, our compliance management software.

The cost of GDPR compliance consulting depends on your current maturity, the volume and sensitivity of the data you process, the number of jurisdictions involved and whether you need a one-off audit, an outsourced DPO or ongoing support. We scope every engagement after an initial assessment and provide a detailed proposal. Published pricing is available for DPO as a Service and myDPO.

Article 83 GDPR sets two tiers of administrative fines. Infringements such as failing to keep records or to notify a breach can reach EUR 10 million or 2% of total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher. Infringements of the core principles, data subject rights or international transfer rules can reach EUR 20 million or 4%, whichever is higher. Supervisory authorities such as the CNIL and the ICO can also issue orders and temporary or definitive processing bans.