DAT / DAT-05
Personal-data security and technical DPIA support
Assess and strengthen technical and organisational measures protecting personal data, supporting the DPO and controllers. The project supplies security evidence; it does not replace their legal assessment.
WHEN IT HELPS
A focused response
to a defined need.
Project involving sensitive personal data, internal review, a DPIA needing evidence, a new processor or a need to reduce collection and access.
SCOPE & OUTCOMES
What the engagement covers.
Scope
- Business-provided flows and purposes
- access
- minimisation
- pseudonymisation where suitable
- logging
- technical retention
- backups
- processor security
- evidence for DPIAs
Deliverables
- Technical map
- control assessment
- security plan
- test evidence
- residual risks
- input to the DPIA and the controller’s decision file
Acceptance evidence
Selected controls are tested; access and retention align with approved decisions; gaps are explicit; security evidence reaches the DPO without representing the project as full legal compliance.
DELIVERY
How the work is structured.
Approach
Identify data and owners; define policies; pilot on sensitive scope; measure errors; roll out and organise exceptions.
Prerequisites & responsibilities
Customer: business data owners, DPO/legal/HR as relevant, administrators and retention rules. Provider: technical design and verification within agreed permissions.
Scope factors
Repositories, volumes, categories, channels, populations, formats and permission quality. DLP/classification licensing and event handling are separate from deployment.
Questions to clarify
Which data and individuals are involved? Who is the DPO or contact? Which retention periods and access restrictions have been decided?
IMPORTANT BOUNDARIES
Pseudonymisation is not automatically anonymisation. Lawful basis, individual notices and regulatory decisions belong to the responsible parties with their advisers.
Minimisation, proportionality and investigation confidentiality must be scoped. No guarantee of zero leakage or comprehensive legal opinion.
IN PRACTICE
Illustrative situations.
These examples describe possible engagements and target outcomes. They are not customer references or achieved results.
Scenario 01
An association centralises member files. Project: work with the DPO to limit collected data, separate access and verify deletion. Target outcome: technically better-controlled processing and documented decisions.
Scenario 02
A company launches an HR platform. Project: provide flows, access controls and test evidence for its DPIA. Target outcome: an actionable security file; excessive retention is escalated rather than obscured by encryption.
Technology and reference context
References: CNIL security guidance; technical controls tailored to processing rather than a particular brand.
The final technology set is agreed during scoping, based on interoperability, licensing, access rights and operating requirements.
CONNECTED SERVICES
Build the next step.
These services can complement the engagement. They are not automatically included.
START A CONVERSATION
Make the scope clear.
We will clarify the objective, dependencies and responsibilities of this service before proposing delivery.