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External Data Protection Officer.

Placed from the Kopexa partner network. Flat-rate pricing instead of hourly billing. Connected to the Kopexa GRC platform, all frameworks plus OSCAL in the Pro plan.

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GreenSocks

Certified external Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Certification
TÜV-DSB · GDDcert.EU
Languages
German · English
Location
Nationwide

Industry focus

TechPharmaAutomotive

Flat rate from

400 EUR / month

+ Kopexa Pro

599 EUR / month

unlimited frameworks + OSCAL

How it works

From lead to mandate start in 7 business days.

No sales pitch, no endless back and forth on quotes. You briefly describe your setup, we match, you start.

  1. 012 minutes

    Submit your request

    Four fields, one free-text box. Industry, headcount, location, what you have today. Done. No mandatory demo, no sales discovery.

  2. 02≤ 24h

    We match from the network

    We check industry fit, language and capacity across our partner DPOs. You get two profiles to choose from, no catalog scrolling.

  3. 033–7 days

    Mandate starts on Kopexa

    Appointment in writing, notification to the supervisory authority, onboarding directly in the Kopexa platform. Records of processing, TOMs, DPA templates, all ready to use.

From the partner network

Your DPO. Verified. Available.

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Datenmeier

Partner in the Kopexa network

Verified

TÜV- and GDDcert.EU-certified. Focus on IT, tech and manufacturing mid-market. Nationwide, German and English. Works entirely on the Kopexa platform.

Industries
IT · Tech · Mid-market
Languages
German · English
Region
Nationwide
Certification
TÜV · GDDcert.EU
Response time
< 1 business day
Contract model
Flat rate, cancellable monthly

What data protection violations can cost

Fines up to 35 million EUR. All documented.

A missing or weak DPO function is regularly an aggravating factor in fine proceedings by the German supervisory authorities. The following cases are documented through official press releases and publicly verifiable.

H&M

2020

35.3 million EUR

HmbBfDI

Extensive employee monitoring in the service center. Personal data collected for years without a legal basis.

Deutsche Wohnen

2019

14.5 million EUR

BlnBDI

Personal data of former tenants kept without necessity. Violation of storage limitation (Art. 5 GDPR).

notebooksbilliger.de

2021

10.4 million EUR

LfD Lower Saxony

Video surveillance of employees and customers for years without a sufficient legal basis. Significantly reduced by the Hanover Regional Court in 2023.

1&1 Telecom

2019

9.55 million EUR

BfDI

The authentication process in the customer hotline released data to unauthorized callers. Reduced to 900,000 EUR by the Bonn Regional Court in 2020.

AOK Baden-Württemberg

2020

1.24 million EUR

LfDI BW

Data breaches in a member prize draw. Addresses processed further without valid consent.

+ approx. 2,700 further cases

2026

since 2018

Supervisory authorities DE

According to the activity reports of the state data protection authorities. DPO topics are relevant in every second case.

Sources: press releases of the relevant supervisory authorities (BfDI, HmbBfDI, BlnBDI, LfD Lower Saxony, LfDI BW). The amounts stated are the fines originally imposed; some cases were reduced in later court rulings.

Software included, no hidden tool surcharge

Kopexa Pro: 599 EUR/month,
unlimited frameworks plus OSCAL.

Classic DPO packages pass on tool costs opaquely. 100 to 500 EUR per month added to the fee. With Kopexa, the platform license is shown separately. You know what you pay for and why.

ISO 27001
TISAX
NIS2
GDPR
DORA
VdS 10000
ISO 9001
BSI Grundschutz

What is included in the Pro plan

  • Unlimited frameworks

    All Kopexa catalogs plus OSCAL import, no 3-framework limit.

  • Records of processing, TOMs, DPIA, DPA

    Templates, versioning, audit trail. No more spreadsheet graveyards.

  • Vendor & asset management

    Assess third parties in a structured way, document assets along with their processing.

  • Audit & assessments

    Cross-framework mapping, automatic coverage check against every catalog.

Pro plan

599 EUR/mo.

+ DPO flat rate
from 400 EUR/mo.

Locations

10 regions,
16 federal states covered.

Regional proximity is practical for DPO mandates: for on-site audits and close coordination with the relevant supervisory authority. Not mandatory (availability under Art. 38 GDPR is enough), but valuable.

Overview of all locations

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Access to certified DPOs with a range of industry specializations.

Complete GRC suite in the Pro plan

Kopexa Pro (599 EUR/month): unlimited frameworks, OSCAL support, vendor and asset management, cross-framework mapping, audit & assessments. Not just DPO tooling.

Transparent flat-rate pricing

DPO flat rate and platform license shown separately. No hidden tool costs.

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