Fractional Privacy Officer
Your privacy partner
Every organization collecting personal information is required to have a Privacy Officer to protect them from the risk of privacy breaches. Experienced Privacy Officers are hard to find, and often too expensive for small and mid-sized businesses.
Sound Data Protection provides the expertise you need on a fractional basis.
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Flexible Availability
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Continuous Support
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On-Demand Services
Fractional services are perfect for organizations who can’t hire a full time Privacy Officer. Our flexible services allow you to access privacy expertise on demand up to an agreed upon number of hours every month.
Avoid the distractions of handling privacy off the side of your desk. Let Sound Data Protection take the lead on privacy while you focus on growing your business. Our proactive approach provides you with a clear roadmap and a dedicated Privacy Officer to implement your privacy program.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Every organization collecting personal information in Canada is required to have a Privacy Officer.
In some provinces if the role left empty the responsibility and liability fall to the organization’s CEO.
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Privacy Officers develop, implement, and operate the safeguards necessary to protect the organization from privacy breaches.
The role will change from one organization to another but broadly your Privacy Officer will spend their days doing the following:
Assessing privacy risks
Creating and implementing policies and procedures
Mitigating privacy risks
Managing regulatory requirements
Managing contractual privacy requirements
Responding to privacy inquiries and complaints
Assessing vendors’ and partners’ privacy risks
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Yes! If you have experience managing privacy risks and are a “senior responsible individual” within the organization you can serve as the Privacy Officer alongside your other responsibilities.
However, most small and medium sized businesses don't have team members with sufficient privacy experience, CIPP/C certifications, or the time to focus on the day to day management of a healthy privacy program.
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