Achieving Compliance through Outsourced Data Protection Services

The Zambian Data Protection Act of 2021 requires every organisation that collects and processes personal data to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO). Although further guidelines are yet to be issued regarding which category of organisations will be expected to have mandatory appointment of a DPO, it is advisable and best practice for any organisation, big or small, to have DPO services, whether internal or external, in order to enhance its compliance to data protection laws. Given that Data Protection practice is relatively new in Zambia, there are very few experts in this field that are able to provide expert advice or services to organisations wishing to embark on the compliance journey. Fortunately, Silham Consulting and Training Services recognized this gap in this field and has built capacity over the last few years with internationally recognized qualifications in privacy and data protection practice, with well-developed tools to help organisations meet their compliance requirements to the Act. To help organisations have a head start in compliance to the Data Protection Act, Silham Consulting and Training Services provides an Outsourced Data Protection Officer Services.

Outsourcing data protection services has many advantages, key among them being:

Immediate access to expertise on data protection through the assigned DPO from Silham;
Savings on staff costs such as medical, holidays, on-going training, and many other employee liabilities;
Quick and unrestricted access to a pool of knowledge on data protection as the assigned Outsourced DPO can have access to the pool of knowledge resident among data protection consultants at Silham;
Access to our ever evolving and improving central pool of processes and proven model documentation. This means your assigned DPO spends only the time necessary to tailor them to your requirements, rather than having to research and create them from scratch;
Quick access to fully developed knowledge base on data protection compliance practice would provide a competitive advantage to an organisation as implementation of the compliance programme would be precise and efficient devoid of avoidable costs of trial and error.

To find out how your organisation can quickly embark on Data Protection Compliance Programme using Outsourced Data Protection Services from Silham, get in touch with us.

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