GDPR and Data Protection Advice

Alex Goodman writes every article here. He is a data protection consultant with over ten years of practice across financial services, SaaS, healthcare, and the charity sector.

The topics come from the questions UK businesses ask: how to respond to a subject access request, what to do in the first 72 hours of a data breach, whether you need a named DPO, and how to handle UK GDPR without a full-time compliance team.

The answers are in plain English.

Do You Actually Need a Data Protection Officer?

Do You Actually Need a Data Protection Officer?by: Alex GoodmanPublished on: 06/09/2026

UK organisations must appoint a DPO by law. The three Article 37 triggers explained plainly, why internal appointments often fail compliance, and what to do instead.

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Do You Actually Need a Data Protection Officer?

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Alex Goodman is an experienced GDPR consultant and outsourced Data Protection Officer working with UK businesses to improve their DPO and GDPR compliance.

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