Data Protection Officer

Benefit from our expertise in data protection and appoint PLANIT // LEGAL as your data protection officer.

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PLANIT // LEGAL is the perfect fit if you are looking for data protection
required representation.

We offer services as external data protection officers, ensuring data protection organization and compliance at highest standards. By that we effectively and permanently reduce risks and work with you to establish efficient and low maintenance data protection management. Let us inspire you.

Your Benefit

team of lawyers, IT law specialists and certified data protection officers
efficient and low cost operating procedures
full service data protection

workshops for in-house data protection officers
introduction of PLANIT // PRIMA as data protection management tool
senior partner assumes the role as your data protection officer

Get us onboard in case you

need to appoint a data protection officer
want to gain expertise on the role of data protection officers

are looking for an interim solution for the role of data protection officer
want to establish an internal candidate who needs support

When to appoint a data protection officer?

if you employ 20 or more persons to process personal data
you are a public authority or other public administration body
your core activity is the processing of personal data and, as a result, data subjects are monitored on a larger scale
your core activity is the processing of special categories of personal data (e.g. health data) or you process data on criminal convictions

Contact us if you are unsure whether these requirements apply to you!

Your Contact

Contact one of our experts in this field.

Dr. Bernhard Freund, M.Comp.Sc., LL.M. (Wellington)

Computer Scientist, Lawyer, certified IT Lawyer, certified Data Protection Officer (TÜV) and CIPP/E

Email: bernhard.freund@planit.legal
Phone: +49 (0) 40 609 44 190

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Dr. Bernd Schmidt, LL.M. (Auckland)

Lawyer, certified IT Lawyer, certified Data Protection Officer (GDDcert.) and CIPP/E

Email: bernd.schmidt@planit.legal
Phone: +49 (0) 40 609 44 190

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Others about us

„PLANIT // LEGAL supported us in adapting our data protection organisation to new regulatory requirements in our international business environment by developing solutions tailored to our specific practical needs. Despite a tight timeline, the project was completed on time.“

Dr. Jakob Dalby, Senior Legal Counsel at BAT

„We have developed our customer workflow with PLANIT // LEGAL and made data protection a key asset and selling point for our property rental and sales portal. “

Nicolas Jacobi CEO and founder of Immomio

„We provide cutting-edge solutions in healthcare and logistics based on perception-based computing - not an everyday task for legal counsel. Thankfully we can rely on PLANIT // LEGAL in matters of IT law and data protection.“

Jan-Philipp Mohr, CEO, Darvis

„For Leadwunder and our customers a great and very valuable support in the field of data protection! I can highly recommend PLANIT // LEGAL!“

Sebastian Hettlage, CEO, Leadwunder GmbH

„We develop software for intelligent decisions in the healthcare sector based on machine learning. The lawyers at PLANIT // LEGAL impressed us with their technical understanding and are therefore our choice in matters of privacy law. “

Tim Aschenberg, CEO, Tiplu GmbH

„As Alternative Legal Service Provider, we process personal data on a large scale. Solid justification concepts are a condition for the success of our business model. Many thanks to the PLANIT // LEGAL team for countless solid and pragmatic solutions to our data protection challenges. “

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