- Our Services
Empowering Business With Our Consulting Solutions
Privacy Program Development
End-to-end design and implementation of privacy programs aligned with the DPDP Act — covering consent architecture, policies, governance structures, and ongoing operational controls.
Regulatory Compliance & Gap Assessment
Comprehensive gap assessments against DPDP requirements, with practical, prioritised roadmaps to close compliance gaps within realistic timelines and budgets.
Mapping, ROPA & Risk Classification
Detailed mapping of personal data flows across your systems and vendors, Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), and risk-based classification to identify where your real exposure lies.
Data Protection Impact Assessments & Vendor Risk Management
DPIAs for high-risk processing activities, plus review and negotiation support for data processing agreements and vendor contracts — helping you manage third-party privacy risk before it becomes your problem.
Fractional DPO Services
Ongoing Data Protection Officer support — without the cost of a full-time hire. I act as your organisation’s point of contact for compliance, regulatory queries, and board reporting on an embedded, retainer basis.
Privacy Awareness Training
Practical, role-based training programs that build a privacy-conscious culture across your organisation — from frontline staff to senior management — so compliance becomes part of how people work, not just a policy on paper.
- COLLABORATION PATHWAYS
How We Work Together
Four ways to engage — choose the model that fits your organisation.
Privacy is not a one-size-fits-all discipline. Depending on your organisation’s size, maturity, and objectives, the right engagement model will look different. Here are the four pathways available through The Privacy Desk.
Project Implementation
Fixed milestone-driven framework, 3 to 6 months, establishing base-level regulatory guardrails.
Fractional vDPO
Retained advisory model handling ongoing compliance reviews, feature assessments, and response readiness.
Targeted Audits
Deep-dive assessments of third parties and cross-border network pipelines.
Governance Design
Assessing the current state of privacy in both physical and digital environments to design overall governance.
- FAQ
Answers To Your Most Common Questions
We understand that clarity leads to confidence. Explore our FAQs to learn more about The Privacy Deck’s consulting services, processes, and the results you can expect from working with our team.
Q. What is The Privacy Desk?
The Privacy Desk is a specialist data privacy advisory practice helping Indian organizations build and operate DPDP-compliant privacy programs. The practice is led by a DSCI-Certified Data Protection Officer and former General Counsel with over 20 years of legal, governance, and compliance experience across multiple sectors. We combine deep regulatory knowledge with the commercial pragmatism of someone who has been on the other side of the boardroom table.
Q. What are the services that The Privacy Desk offers?
We offer end-to-end DPDP compliance support, including:
- DPDP gap assessments — a clear picture of where you as an organization stand against the law’s requirements.
- Privacy program development — policies, notices, consent mechanisms, and
governance structures.
- Data mapping and inventory — understanding what personal data you as an organization hold, where it lives, and how it flows.
- Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) — structured risk assessments for
higher-risk processing.
- Vendor and third-party risk management — ensuring your processors and partners meet their obligations.
- Fractional DPO services — ongoing expert oversight without a full-time hire.
- Employee training and awareness — practical, role-relevant privacy training at scale.
Q. What makes you different from a law firm or a large consultancy?
We focus exclusively on data protection, so you work directly with a senior practitioner rather than being handed off to a junior team. Our advice is operational, not just theoretical — we help you actually implement controls, not merely tell you what the law says. Also, because we are a focused practice, our engagements are right-sized and cost-effective for mid-market companies, growth-stage businesses, and specific business units of larger enterprises.
Q. What kinds of organisations do you work with?
We work with companies across manufacturing, logistics, pharmaceuticals, professional services, and other sectors that handle personal data of employees, customers, vendors, or partners. Whether you are a Data Fiduciary processing data directly or a Data Processor acting on behalf of others, the obligations apply to you, and we can help.
Q. I don’t know where to start. Can you help me figure out what I actually need?
Yes — that is often the right first step. We begin most engagements with a gap assessment that benchmarks your current state against DPDP requirements and gives you a prioritized, practical roadmap. You finish with a clear understanding of your exposure and a sensible sequence of actions, rather than a generic checklist.
Q. What does a typical privacy program engagement look like?
Our full-program engagements follow a structured, phased approach — typically moving from discovery and gap assessment, through data mapping, into policy and control design, then implementation, and finally training and embedding. A representative full program runs across a defined roadmap (often in the region of 6-8 months, depending on scope and your organization’s complexity), with clear deliverables at each stage so you can see progress.
Q. Do you provide training for our staff?
Yes. Privacy compliance ultimately depends on people, and we deliver practical, role relevant training designed to land with real employees — not just compliance teams. We have experience training large employee populations across multiple business units and can tailor sessions to your sector and risk profile.
Q. What is a “fractional DPO”?
A fractional DPO gives you senior, ongoing data protection oversight on a retained, part time basis — the expertise of a Data Protection Officer without the cost and commitment of a full-time executive hire. It is well-suited to organizations that need credible, continuous privacy governance but do not yet have the volume to justify a dedicated in-house role.
Q. What does a fractional DPO actually do for us?
A fractional DPO acts as your designated point of accountability for privacy: monitoring compliance, advising on new processing activities and projects, overseeing your response to Data Principal requests and breaches, liaising as needed with the Data Protection Board, keeping your program current as the regulatory landscape evolves, and providing periodic reporting to your leadership. In short, you get a steady hand on privacy governance, month to month.
Q. How is the fractional DPO service priced?
The service is offered on a fixed monthly retainer, scaled to the size and complexity of your organization. We will scope your needs and propose a clear, predictable monthly fee with no surprises — typically far less than the cost of a comparable full-time hire.
Q. How do engagements typically begin?
Most engagements start with an introductory conversation to understand your business, your data, and your concerns. From there we usually propose a gap assessment or a scoped program, depending on what you need. You will always receive a clear written proposal setting out scope, deliverables, timeline, and fees before any work begins.
Q. How are your fees structured?
It depends on the engagement. Defined-scope projects (such as a gap assessment, a DPIA, or a privacy program build) are typically quoted as a fixed fee against an agreed scope. Ongoing services such as the fractional DPO are offered on a monthly retainer. We are transparent about pricing up front so you can plan with confidence.
Q. How quickly can you start?
That depends on the engagement and our current commitments, but we move quickly on scoping and can usually begin a gap assessment shortly after an agreed proposal. If you are facing a specific deadline, a breach, or a client or regulatory demand, tell us — we will be candid about what is realistic.
Q. We’re a small company. Is DPDP compliance really worth the investment for us?
The Act applies regardless of size, and the cost of getting it wrong — financial penalties, reputational damage, lost customer and partner trust — far outweighs the cost of getting it right. Increasingly, larger customers and partners also require their vendors to demonstrate sound data protection practices, so compliance is becoming a commercial prerequisite, not just a legal one. We right-size our engagements so that smaller organizations can become compliant efficiently and proportionately.
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Start building your Data Privacy Framework
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