Risk & Compliance Services
Virtual Data Protection Officer (vDPO)
Operational privacy leadership to help you run a sustainable data privacy program—governance, compliance operations, and day-to-day advisory—aligned to the Philippines Data Privacy Act and your business needs.
Service overview
What a vDPO does for your organization
A vDPO provides structured, ongoing privacy program operations—helping you translate policy into execution, maintain compliance evidence, and support business teams with practical guidance.
Scope aligned to privacy program operations
Program governance, privacy risk management, documentation, training support, vendor/privacy due diligence, and incident readiness—tailored to your organization’s processing activities and risk profile.
Day-to-day advisory & decision support
Guidance on lawful basis, consent, transparency notices, retention, data sharing, cross-border transfers, and privacy-by-design for projects and changes.
Compliance evidence & audit readiness
Maintain a clear trail of policies, registers, assessments, and action tracking to support internal reviews, client questionnaires, and regulatory inquiries.
Coordination across stakeholders
Work with IT/Security, HR, Legal, Procurement, and business owners to drive consistent privacy practices and close gaps with measurable actions.
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities of the vDPO
Responsibilities are delivered as an operational program—not a one-time document set—so your privacy posture improves continuously.
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1) Privacy governance & accountability
Define roles, maintain privacy policies/standards, run the privacy committee cadence, and track actions to closure with clear ownership.
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2) Privacy risk management
Maintain the inventory of processing, support DPIAs/PIAs, assess new initiatives, and drive risk treatment plans aligned to business priorities.
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3) Compliance operations & incident readiness
Support breach response playbooks, notification decision support, data subject request (DSR) handling, and continuous improvement from lessons learned.
Deliverables
What you receive (deliverables & artifacts)
