DPDP Act 2023 — Outsourced Privacy Leadership

DPO-as-a-Service

A Data Protection Officer is the cornerstone of your DPDP compliance programme — but hiring a full-time, qualified DPO is expensive, time-consuming, and difficult for most businesses. Our DPO-as-a-Service gives you a dedicated, expert advocate serving as your outsourced DPO at a fraction of the cost — with everything a full-time DPO delivers, and more.

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The Role

What is a Data Protection Officer — and Does Your Business Need One?

A Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the senior individual responsible for overseeing your organisation's data protection strategy, ensuring DPDP Act compliance, acting as the point of contact for the Data Protection Board, and handling Data Principal rights requests. Under the DPDP Act 2023, the government can designate categories of Data Fiduciaries — called Significant Data Fiduciaries — who are legally required to appoint a DPO. Even where not legally mandatory, a DPO is strongly recommended for any business processing personal data at scale.

Your Business Needs a DPO If You Are Any of the Following

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Significant Data Fiduciary
Designated by the government — legally required to appoint a DPO
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Large-Scale Processor
Processing personal data of millions of users — high regulatory scrutiny
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Sensitive Data Handler
Health, financial, biometric, or children's data — highest risk category
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Enterprise Client Supplier
Clients requiring DPO appointment as a contract condition
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Growth-Stage Startup
Scaling rapidly and needing ongoing privacy governance as you grow
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Regulated Sector
FinTech, NBFC, healthcare, edtech — sector regulators increasingly expect DPO oversight
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Full-Time DPO — The Reality

  • ₹25–60 lakh annual salary + benefits
  • 3–6 months to hire and onboard
  • Single individual — one perspective, one skillset
  • No coverage during leave, illness, or resignation
  • Requires ongoing training as DPDP Rules evolve
  • Often unavailable for small and mid-size businesses

DPO-as-a-Service — The Smart Alternative

  • Fraction of full-time cost — predictable monthly fee
  • Active from Day 1 — no hiring delay
  • Team of advocates and IT specialists — broader expertise
  • Continuous coverage — no gaps, no handover risk
  • Always current — we track every DPDP Rule notification
  • Scalable — right-sized for startups to enterprises
What We Do For You

Your DPO's Responsibilities — Fully Handled

Everything a qualified, full-time DPO would do — delivered by our team of advocates and privacy specialists on your behalf.

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Core

Compliance Oversight

Ongoing monitoring of your data practices against DPDP Act requirements — reviewing new features, new data uses, and new vendor relationships before they go live to ensure every change is compliant from day one.

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Regulator

Board Point of Contact

Your named DPO acts as the official point of contact with the Data Protection Board of India — handling all regulatory communications, inquiry responses, and formal correspondence on your organisation's behalf.

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Rights

Data Principal Rights Handling

Managing and responding to all Data Principal rights requests — access, correction, erasure, nomination — within mandated timelines, maintaining a complete rights request register, and escalating complex cases for legal review.

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Grievances

Grievance Officer Function

Serving as your published Grievance Officer — receiving, acknowledging, investigating, and resolving user privacy complaints within prescribed timelines, with full documentation of every grievance and its resolution.

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Assessment

Privacy Impact Assessments

Conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new products, new data processing activities, and significant system changes — identifying privacy risks before launch and recommending mitigations.

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Training

Staff Privacy Training

Delivering periodic privacy awareness training to your employees — covering DPDP Act obligations, internal data handling procedures, breach reporting duties, and their personal responsibilities as data handlers in your organisation.

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Breach

Breach Response Coordination

Leading your organisation's response to data breaches — coordinating containment, assessing notification obligations, drafting Board notifications, managing user communications, and maintaining incident records.

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Reporting

Board-Level Compliance Reporting

Producing quarterly compliance reports for your board or leadership team — summarising the state of your data protection programme, open risks, completed remediation actions, and upcoming compliance milestones.

Service Tiers

DPO-as-a-Service Plans

Three engagement tiers designed for different business sizes and compliance maturity levels. All plans include a named DPO, regulatory contact designation, and ongoing advisory support.

Starter
For Startups & SMEs
Up to 50 employees / basic data processing
  • Named DPO designation
  • Regulatory contact point
  • Rights request handling (up to 10/month)
  • Grievance Officer function
  • Quarterly compliance report
  • Annual staff training session
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MOST POPULAR
Professional
For Growing Businesses
50–500 employees / moderate data processing
  • Everything in Starter
  • Unlimited rights request handling
  • 2 x DPIA per year
  • Vendor DPA review (up to 5/year)
  • Monthly compliance report
  • Breach response support
  • Quarterly staff training
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Enterprise
For Large Organisations
500+ employees / significant data fiduciary
  • Everything in Professional
  • Dedicated senior advocate DPO
  • Unlimited DPIAs
  • Full vendor compliance programme
  • Board presentation ready reports
  • 24/7 breach emergency response
  • Monthly staff training programme
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Onboarding Process

How We Become Your DPO

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Discovery & Baseline Assessment

We begin with a comprehensive onboarding assessment — understanding your business, your data ecosystem, current compliance state, existing policies, vendor relationships, and key data processing activities. This baseline becomes our working foundation as your DPO.

Week 1 Full data mapping
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Formal DPO Appointment

We execute a formal DPO Services Agreement and appointment letter — making our appointment official and legally documented. Your website Privacy Policy, internal notices, and regulatory records are updated to reflect the named DPO contact details. All Data Protection Board registrations are updated accordingly.

Week 1–2 Legally documented
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Compliance Roadmap & Quick Wins

Based on the baseline assessment, we produce a prioritised compliance roadmap — identifying critical gaps to fix immediately (quick wins) and a structured plan for achieving full compliance over 90 days. We begin actioning high-priority items in the first week.

Week 2 90-day plan

Ongoing DPO Function — Month on Month

From month one, your DPO function runs continuously — handling rights requests, responding to grievances, reviewing new features, attending key meetings, monitoring regulatory updates, delivering staff training, and producing compliance reports. We become an embedded part of your privacy governance structure.

Month 1 onwards Fully embedded Cancel anytime

Why Choose Vakil Help Desk as Your DPO?

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Advocate-Qualified DPO

Your DPO is an enrolled advocate with expertise in Cyber Law, IT Act, and DPDP compliance — not a compliance consultant. Legal professional privilege applies to all DPO communications.

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India-Specific Expertise

Deep knowledge of the DPDP Act 2023, IT Act 2000, and sector-specific Indian regulations — not a GDPR DPO repurposed for India. We understand the Data Protection Board, its processes, and India-specific compliance requirements.

Active from Day 1

No lengthy onboarding, no recruitment process. Your DPO is named, appointed, and functioning within days — not months. Immediate coverage from the moment you engage us.

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Predictable Monthly Cost

Fixed monthly retainer — no salary, no benefits, no recruitment fees, no training costs. A fraction of the cost of a full-time DPO with broader expertise and zero continuity risk.

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No Continuity Risk

No resignation, no sick leave, no gaps in coverage. Our team structure ensures your DPO function is always active — even during holidays, handovers, or team changes on our side.

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Scales With Your Business

As your business grows, your DPO engagement scales with it — upgrade your plan, add services, or expand scope at any time without the complexity of hiring, re-hiring, or restructuring an internal team.

Appoint Your DPO Today — Be Compliant from Day 1

Don't let a vacant DPO role leave your organisation exposed. Our DPO-as-a-Service gives you an expert, advocate-qualified Data Protection Officer — active within days, at a fraction of full-time cost.

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