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Article 37(5) — DPOs must have 'expert knowledge'; supervisory authorities check this on audit
Data Protection Officer Training
Done-for-you DPO training for your privacy program
We deliver mandatory DPO upskilling for in-house designated officers, privacy office staff, and senior management — Article 39 duties, governance, working with controllers and processors, and supervisory authority engagement. Managed delivery, audit-ready evidence accepted by EU supervisory authorities. Live for your team in under a week.
- 100,000+ professionals trained
- Article 39 duties covered end-to-end
- Live for your team in 5 business days
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DPO Programme · Q2 2026
Training completion overview
847
Enrolled
92%
Completed
4.8★
Rating
0
Overdue
Designated DPOs
Designated DPOs
100%
Privacy Office Staff
Privacy Office Staff
96%
Senior Management
Senior Management
88%
DSAR Handlers
DSAR Handlers
74%
Audit-ready
Article 39 met
Records signed & timestamped
Certificate Issued
847 employees
4-WEEK ROLLOUT
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// why teams choose us
Why structured DPO training is mandatory — not optional
GDPR Article 37 requires public authorities, controllers/processors performing large-scale regular monitoring, and those processing large-scale special-category data to designate a Data Protection Officer. Article 37(5) requires the DPO to have 'expert knowledge of data protection law and practices' — supervisory authorities increasingly assess this on audit. Article 39 lays out the DPO's specific tasks, and Article 38 protects the DPO's independence. In-house designated DPOs need structured upskilling to fulfil these duties — and the wider privacy office needs the same vocabulary.
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Article 38 — DPO independence and reporting line to highest management level requires the DPO be heard
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Article 39 — specific tasks (informing, monitoring, training, advising, cooperating with the supervisor)
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Inadequate DPO competence is a published aggravating factor in supervisory authority fining decisions
02 — Curriculum
Role-based
by default.
Different roles face different risks. Training tailored to job responsibilities.
- 01Designated DPOs
Designated DPOs
- 02Privacy Office Staff
Privacy Office Staff
- 03Senior Management
Senior Management
- 04DSAR Handlers
DSAR Handlers
- 05Data Processing Vendors
Data Processing Vendors
- 06AI Governance Lead
AI Governance Lead
03 — Process
From kickoff to fully trained in under four weeks.
4
weeks avg.
92%
completion
- Week 1 · Discovery
Scope your risk
A 60-min working session with a specialist. We map your obligations, current training gaps, and regulator priorities in your jurisdiction.
- Compliance scan
- Regulator review
- Role-based gap analysis
- Week 2–3 · Build
Tailor & integrate
Your processes, contacts, and policies go into the modules. We brand the LMS, wire SSO, and connect HRIS so enrolment is automatic.
- Custom scenarios
- White-label LMS
- HRIS / SSO sync
- Week 4+ · Operate
Deploy & evidence
Roll out to all staff. Automated nudges hit non-completers. Manager dashboards in real time. Audit-ready records when regulators ask.
- Automated nudges
- Real-time dashboards
- Evidence pack
Ready to scope your programme?
Book a 30-min discovery call — no slides, no pitch, just specifics.
// platform & delivery
What every enterprise rollout includes
Managed rollout in 5 business days
Dedicated customer success manager handles enrolment, role mapping, kickoff communications, and reminder cadence.
Article 39 audit-ready evidence
Dated certificates per learner, exportable completion logs, and curriculum records that demonstrate DPO and privacy office competence under Article 37(5).
Manager dashboard & reporting
Track completion across the privacy office, designated DPOs, and senior management. Export evidence packages for supervisory authority queries and customer due-diligence reviews.
Single sign-on (SSO) & SCIM
SAML 2.0, OIDC, and SCIM provisioning. New privacy office hires enrolled automatically. Leavers de-provisioned. Zero admin overhead.
Annual refresher cycle built-in
Multi-year licensing rolls learners forward each year with content updates as the EDPB releases guidance, supervisor decisions accumulate, and EU AI Act enforcement evolves.
Custom modules & policy attestations
Your logo on certificates, co-branded learner emails, and the option to attach your privacy policy, ROPA, DPIA template, or breach response procedure to any module.
// from a customer
Our regional supervisor explicitly asked for evidence of our DPO's expert knowledge under Article 37(5). The evidence package — dated certificates, structured curriculum, role-mapped learning records — closed that audit finding in one exchange.
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Group DPO, Volkswagen
Manufacturing — privacy office of 12, plus senior management
★★★★★
// by the numbers
€20M
or 4% of global turnover
Mandatory
DPO designation under Article 37
Personal
supervisor expectations of DPO competence
// frequently asked
Common questions.
Don't see your question? Send us a note — we usually reply same day.
Ask a questionGDPR Article 37(5) requires designated DPOs to have 'expert knowledge of data protection law and practices.' Supervisory authorities increasingly assess this competence on audit and inadequate DPO knowledge is a published aggravating factor in fining decisions. Structured training is the practical way most organisations evidence Article 37(5) compliance, especially for newly designated in-house DPOs without formal data protection backgrounds.
Ready when you are
Ready to brief us on your team rollout?
Tell us your DPO designation status (designated, voluntary, group-shared), your privacy office headcount, and your senior management scope. We'll come back with a curriculum proposal, pricing, and a rollout plan within 1 business day.
// programme summary
Time to deploy
4 weeks
Audience
All staff + role tiers
Languages
12 included
Updates
Quarterly, automatic
Pricing
Contact us for a quote