Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are critical instruments for accountability: they help data controllers not only comply with GDPR requirements but also demonstrate that appropriate measures have been taken to ensure compliance.
When you develop applications, tools, or platforms that process personal data, and that processing is likely to result in a high risk to data subjects, privacy laws require you to carry out a DPIA.
A DPIA requires you to describe the nature, scope, context, and purposes of the processing; evaluate necessity, proportionality, and compliance measures; identify and assess risks to data subjects; and determine additional measures to manage those risks.
For many organisations, this is a complex challenge because a DPIA requires input from different stakeholders at multiple levels (IT, legal, compliance, operations); practical knowledge and experience in applying privacy laws such as the GDPR to a system or tool that has yet to be built; and careful integration into the development process to avoid delays caused by redesign or retrofitting.
Pitch.law offers a unique combination of services and SaaS software that helps software developers design and build GDPR-compliant applications. Developers who work with us appreciate our pragmatic approach focused on achieving their objectives without creating unnecessary compliance barriers.
Our proprietary DPIA application enables them to evaluate whether, and to what extent, a particular data processing activity presents an elevated risk from a data protection perspective. This allows software developers to run through scenarios to assess their data protection and privacy compliance before starting actual development. Furthermore, our DPIA tool provides recommendations on how to better manage risk and what controls can be implemented to reduce any residual risk.
Software development is one of the core areas where we apply our technology-enabled approach: providing legal support to software developers while giving them tools that allow them to make data protection-focused self-assessments during the development process.
Because we have been involved in the development of various IT systems, tools, and applications ourselves, we understand the challenges organisations face in this regard. This makes us the ideal partner to spend time at the whiteboard before development starts, so that problems are prevented rather than solved after the fact. Fixing problems after the fact delays the launch of your systems, increases costs, and creates friction between the various stakeholders involved.
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