A qualified, platform-backed Data Protection Officer — without the cost and complexity of a full-time hire. We handle your compliance obligations so your team can focus on the business.
Albanian Law No. 124/2024 (Art. 33) establishes clear thresholds for mandatory DPO appointment — but even organisations that fall below them benefit significantly from having one.
You are legally required to appoint a DPO under Art. 33 of Law 124/2024 if your organisation falls into any of these categories:
Public authorities and bodies — all government institutions, municipalities, public agencies, and state-owned entities processing personal data
Large-scale systematic monitoring — organisations whose core activity involves systematic and large-scale monitoring of individuals (CCTV networks, employee tracking, behavioural analytics)
Large-scale sensitive data — organisations whose core activity involves large-scale processing of special category data (health, biometric, genetic, racial/ethnic, religious, trade union) or criminal conviction data
Even when not legally mandatory, a DPO provides substantial value for organisations in these situations:
Private companies with significant personal data operations — HR records, CRM, customer analytics, healthcare services, financial services
Processors acting on behalf of controllers — especially cloud providers, payroll processors, IT service companies, and marketing platforms
Organisations seeking to demonstrate accountability proactively to regulators, clients, and partners — or those pursuing data protection certification
Organisations involved in EU business relationships where GDPR compliance is a contractual requirement from European counterparties
The DPO's role is defined by law. Under Art. 34 of Law 124/2024 and GDPR Art. 39, these are the core responsibilities your DPO carries out on your behalf.
Continuously monitoring the organisation's compliance with Law 124/2024 and GDPR — including policies, training, internal audits, and adherence to data protection obligations.
Advising the controller, processor, and staff on their data protection obligations — including guidance on lawfulness of processing, legal basis selection, and risk mitigation.
Providing expert advice on Data Protection Impact Assessments — advising on whether a DPIA is required, reviewing the methodology, and formally consulting on the findings before high-risk processing begins.
Acting as the primary contact point for the Albanian Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDP) — handling inspections, correspondence, and formal notifications on behalf of the organisation.
Leading the response to personal data breaches — assessing severity, advising on the 72-hour notification obligation, drafting the Commissioner notification, and coordinating data subject communication where required.
Serving as the published contact point for data subjects exercising their rights — receiving, assessing, and overseeing the timely resolution of access, erasure, restriction, and portability requests.
Our DPO service covers the full scope of the legal role — supported at every step by the PrivaxisOS platform for real-time visibility and documented evidence.
Your dedicated DPO maintains and monitors your compliance posture continuously — reviewing ROPA records for completeness, validating legal bases, tracking retention schedules, and flagging any practices that require correction before they become violations.
When a breach occurs, every hour counts. Your DPO takes immediate ownership — assessing the incident, determining notifiability, managing the 72-hour countdown to the IDP, drafting the formal notification, and coordinating data subject communication for high-risk incidents.
Your DPO is formally consulted on every Data Protection Impact Assessment — advising on whether a DPIA is triggered, reviewing risk assessments for completeness, and providing the mandatory DPO sign-off required by Art. 31(4). All consultation is documented in the platform.
Your DPO reviews all Data Processing Agreements against the Art. 26(3) mandatory clause checklist, tracks contract expiry dates, monitors sub-processor chain authorisations, and alerts you when processor relationships need action — before they become compliance gaps.
Your DPO is the published contact for the Albanian IDP Commissioner. We handle all regulatory correspondence, respond to IDP inquiries, manage inspection requests, and coordinate prior consultation submissions where a DPIA reveals high residual risk.
Your DPO delivers targeted training to staff on their data protection obligations — from foundational awareness sessions to role-specific training for HR, IT, marketing, and legal teams. Training records are maintained as evidence of your accountability programme.
Our DPO is not working from spreadsheets and email threads. Every obligation, every deadline, every decision is tracked and documented in real time inside PrivaxisOS.
Your organisation has live access to the same platform your DPO uses. See open breaches, pending DPIAs, DSR requests, and processor contract status in real time — not in monthly PDF reports.
Every DPO consultation, DPIA sign-off, breach assessment, and compliance decision is recorded with a timestamp and audit trail. When the IDP asks for evidence, the answer is a click away.
The platform automatically tracks the 72-hour breach notification countdown, DSR response deadlines, DPA expiry dates, and DPIA review cycles. Your DPO is alerted before anything falls through the cracks.
Leadership receives a consolidated view of the organisation's compliance posture — KPIs across breaches, DSR requests, ROPA completeness, and processor management — without needing to chase status updates.
Qualified DPO expertise combined with a purpose-built compliance platform — at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Appointing an internal employee as DPO sounds straightforward — but it creates practical and legal challenges that many organisations underestimate.
The DPO must operate independently and cannot be instructed how to perform their duties. Assigning a current employee creates inherent conflicts — especially in HR, IT, Legal, or management roles where personal interests may affect impartial compliance decisions.
The law requires expert knowledge of data protection law and practice. Building this expertise in-house requires significant investment in training and ongoing legal monitoring — across both Albanian LDP and GDPR requirements, which continue to evolve.
A 72-hour breach notification deadline does not pause for holidays, sickness, or annual leave. An outsourced DPO service provides continuous coverage with a team behind the role — ensuring the obligation is never left unmanned.
Get started with a free consultation. We'll assess your legal obligations, review your current compliance posture, and propose a DPO service model tailored to your organisation's size and risk profile.