Jan
18
In a recent blog post, we discussed the importance of a privacy program lifecycle in order to achieve a meaningful privacy program – and how strategic context and cross-team collaboration is essential for this. In this piece, we further explore what a business integrated privacy program means and how it... read more →
Dec
21
2021’s been a year of constant change – both for DPOrganizer as a company, but also for each and every one of us, as we grapple with ever-changing habits and restrictions. It’s easy to get caught up in the doom and gloom of newsfeeds when working from home, so we... read more →
Dec
16
Shouvik’s had quite a journey at DPOrganizer, both literally and figuratively. He started as a consultant in India in 2017, left for something else in 2018 before rejoining again in 2020 and eventually moving to our HQ in Stockholm. We caught up to learn a bit about his experience at... read more →
Dec
14
You have decided that you want to engage with a specific processor. Your next step in this -sometimes long- journey to compliance is the signing of a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with them. Apart from it being an obligation set out by the GDPR, the DPA is also a very... read more →
Dec
07
If you are a controller considering engaging a processor, you can’t choose the one that suits you best based only on functionality. Even if that processor is selling the perfect product (e.g. software that is very easy to learn, a cloud service with unlimited storage capacity, etc.) or is offering... read more →
Nov
30
Mathematician and data scientist advocate Clive Humby once said: “Data is the new oil. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed... read more →
Nov
23
Imagine having a sales team that is tasked to “Make everyone become and remain our customers”. Imagine having a product team whose assignment is to “build a product that everyone loves, forever.” No direction or focus, no prioritisation, no milestones. And now add this: Imagine having these teams work only... read more →
Nov
18
Not many weeks have gone by without Jens overseeing a new release of features and bug fixes since joining the company in 2017. He began his DPOrganizer career as a Product Owner, and was promoted to Chief Product Officer in January 2019 –taking the lead on developing many features considered... read more →
Nov
15
After serval years as Chief Privacy Officer for Unilever, in early 2016 I became the Data Protection and Information Security Officer for John Lewis Partnership (and Waitrose UK) and had a fantastic time helping 85,000 employees and the Board understand their accountabilities and responsibilities when it came to GDPR. I... read more →
