Data Protection Education (DPE) provides a support service for other data protection officers or data protection leads in schools and other organisations when additional capacity or specialist assistance is required.

Often a school may have a DPO who needs some extra help from time-to-time. DPE can help out on either a short-term or a longer-term basis undertaking a specific project (for instance if an internal DPO needs to recuse themselves from a data breach enquiry) or for backing off support for expert assistance as and when needed.

DPE also supports internal DPOs and other DPO organisations in providing cover during times of absence.

This ensures that your clients are confident that there is qualified personnel available to cover when you aren't available. And you can benefit from the year-round availability of the DPE team if you know that you have to step away for any length of time.