DPO as a Service with Avishai Ostrin and Punit Bhatia in The FIT4Privacy Podcast E095 S4

What is meant by DPO as a service? Is DPO as a service important for startup or for everyone? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having it as a service? Answers to these and many other questions in the conversation between Avishai Ostrin and Punit Bhatia. Take a listen to this episode of the FIT4Privacy Podcast and know about DPO as a service. 

KEY CONVERSATION POINTS 

GDPR - What does it mean? 

What does DPO as a service entail? 

What is the difference between a legal counsel and a DPO? 

The role of legal counsel in privacy 

Benefits of DPO as a service 

How DPO helps start up 

 

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Ever since his first Law & Technology course at university Avishai knew he had passion for the interplay between the law and technology. Avishai is the Director of Advisory Services at PrivacyTeam, a leading global DPO and privacy consultancy. He holds degrees in Law & Government, Diplomacy and Strategy from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, as well as several professional certifications from the IAPP. He has also qualified as a lawyer in both Israel and England and Wales, and has years of experience providing companies of all sizes, and from all over the globe, practical, no-nonsense advice on all matters relating to their global privacy programs and strategies. In 2021, Avishai was admitted by the IAPP as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), in recognition of leaders in the privacy field for their considerable achievements and for their contributions in advancing the privacy profession. In 2021-2022 he volunteered as the co-chair of the IAPP's Israeli chapter, and continues to volunteer as a mentor to nascent entrepreneurs and startups as part of the Techstars Tel Aviv tech accelerator. 

Link to Avishai’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avishaiostrin/ 

 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organization culture with high AI & privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority by creating and implementing a AI & privacy strategy and policy.  

Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How to Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 50 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured amongst top GDPR and privacy podcasts. 

As a person, Punit is an avid thinker and believes in thinking, believing, and acting in line with one’s value to have joy in life. He has developed the philosophy named ‘ABC for joy of life’ which passionately shares. Punit is based out of Belgium, the heart of Europe.  

 

RESOURCES 

Websites www.fit4privacy.com , www.punitbhatia.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/avishaiostrin/ 

Podcast https://www.fit4privacy.com/podcast 
Blog https://www.fit4privacy.com/blog 
YouTube http://youtube.com/fit4privacy