Data Privacy Consulting services overview
Exquitech data privacy consulting helps enterprises in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the UK protect personal data and prove it to regulators. Our privacy consultants map your personal data, close the gaps against GDPR, Saudi PDPL and UAE PDPL, run privacy impact assessments and subject rights processes, and can act as your DPO as a Service.
Privacy rules keep moving. Saudi PDPL has been fully enforceable since September 14, 2024, with 72 hours to report a breach to SDAIA. The UK Data (Use and Access) Act made a formal complaints process mandatory from June 19, 2026. And Copilot and AI agents now read personal data at scale, so we extend privacy by design to every AI use case.
Available standalone or alongside our data compliance consulting and cybersecurity consultants. When you are ready to automate, our data governance team puts your privacy controls into Microsoft Purview.
What our Data Privacy Consulting Covers
Privacy maturity and gap assessment
We map your personal data and processing, then measure your privacy program against GDPR, Saudi PDPL and UAE PDPL, one gap at a time.
Privacy roadmap and governance
A phased roadmap with milestones, policies and a governance model, so every privacy decision has a clear home, an owner and a due date.
DPO as a Service
An experienced data protection officer on a part time basis who handles regulators, advises your teams and keeps records up to date.
DPIAs and records of processing
Privacy impact assessments and records of processing that stand up to any audit, built into the way every new project gets approved.
Subject rights and consent
Access, deletion and correction requests handled inside legal deadlines, with consent and preferences tracked together in one place.
AI and Copilot privacy
Privacy reviews for Copilot, AI agents and analytics tools, so personal data in prompts and training data stays lawful and minimal.
Customer challenges
Exquitech data privacy consulting clients come to us with the same eight problems.
Rules differ by country
GDPR, Saudi PDPL, UAE PDPL, DIFC and the UK Data Act overlap, and each sets its own rules and deadlines.
Breach clocks are short
Saudi PDPL gives you 72 hours to notify SDAIA, and GDPR the same, so slow detection becomes a legal problem.
AI reads personal data
Copilot, agents and analytics tools process personal data at scale, often before anyone has run a privacy review.
Vendors hold your data
Suppliers and processors handle personal data under contracts that are rarely checked again after signing.
Cross border transfers
Moving data between the Gulf, the UK and the EU needs adequacy, contract clauses or consent, set up per route.
Keeping too much data
Old records with no purpose or retention rule add risk and cost and make every subject access request slower.
Rights requests pile up
Access and deletion requests arrive by email and chat, and a missed legal deadline turns a request into a complaint.
Privacy added too late
Privacy gets reviewed after a system is built, when fixing it costs far more than designing it in from the start.
Our privacy consultants address all eight, and more.
How our data privacy consulting works
Five proven steps take you from the first workshop to a privacy program you can prove.
Plan
We agree your privacy obligations, risk appetite and priorities with leadership, set up governance roles and identify the personal data that carries the most risk.
Implement
Controls, subject rights workflows and Microsoft Purview automation roll out in waves, with role based training so every business function adopts them.
Design
We design policies, notices and operating models that build in data minimization, purpose limitation, consent and privacy by design, including rules for AI use.
Assess
We map personal data and processing, run a gap assessment against GDPR, Saudi PDPL and UAE PDPL, rank the risks and agree a remediation roadmap with your teams.
Operate
Dashboards, audit logs and quarterly reviews keep the program current as laws change, with DPO as a Service available to run it day to day.
Plan
We agree your privacy obligations, risk appetite and priorities with leadership, set up governance roles and identify the personal data that carries the most risk.
Assess
We map personal data and processing, run a gap assessment against GDPR, Saudi PDPL and UAE PDPL, rank the risks and agree a remediation roadmap with your teams.
Design
We design policies, notices and operating models that build in data minimization, purpose limitation, consent and privacy by design, including rules for AI use.
Implement
Controls, subject rights workflows and Microsoft Purview automation roll out in waves, with role based training so every business function adopts them.
Operate
Dashboards, audit logs and quarterly reviews keep the program current as laws change, with DPO as a Service available to run it day to day.
Client benefits
Our privacy consultants leave you with eight lasting gains.
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Clear privacy governance
Policies, roles and oversight in one model, so every privacy decision has a named owner and a record.
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Confidence across laws
One control set mapped to GDPR, Saudi PDPL, UAE PDPL and ISO 27701, so each audit reuses the same evidence.
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Privacy people follow
Training and awareness built for each role, so privacy becomes a daily habit instead of an annual course.
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A roadmap you can run
Legal and business requirements turned into phased work with owners, budgets and regulator deadlines.
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Trust you can show
Clear notices, consent records and fast answers to requests show customers you handle their data well.
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Reporting leaders read
Dashboards and audit trails show privacy posture and open risks to leadership in plain business terms.
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Automation on Microsoft
Microsoft Purview classifies personal data and runs subject rights searches, so requests close on time.
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A DPO when you need one
DPO as a Service gives you a data protection officer for regulators and teams, without a full time hire.
Talk to a Data Privacy Consultant today
Get a clear view of your GDPR and PDPL gaps and the order to fix them.
Use Cases
Privacy governance framework design
GDPR, Saudi PDPL and UAE PDPL compliance programs
Subject rights request process on Microsoft Purview
Cross border data transfer assessments
Privacy impact assessment (DPIA) operating model
Consent and preference management
Privacy by design in products and processes
Privacy awareness and training programs
Third party and processor risk governance
DPO as a Service
AI and Copilot privacy reviews
Blogs
Related Capabilities
Data & Compliance Consulting
A strategic approach to data quality, compliance and security, so your data is governed, trusted and ready for AI.
Cybersecurity Consulting
Cyber maturity, NCA ECC and UAE IA compliance, AI security governance and CISO as a Service for regulated firms.
Data Governance & Management
Microsoft Purview catalog, labels and retention that put your privacy policies into daily practice across Microsoft 365.
FAQ
A data privacy consultant helps you collect, use and protect personal data lawfully, and prove it. At Exquitech that means mapping your personal data, running gap assessments against GDPR, Saudi PDPL and UAE PDPL, building privacy impact assessments and subject rights processes, training your teams and, if you need one, acting as your DPO as a Service.
Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law came into force on September 14, 2023 and has been fully enforceable since September 14, 2024. SDAIA enforces it. It covers personal data of people in Saudi Arabia, including processing done outside the Kingdom, requires a lawful basis and a clear privacy notice, and gives you 72 hours to report a breach to SDAIA. Fines for most violations reach SAR 5 million.
The UAE’s federal Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021, is in force, but its executive regulations were still awaited in 2026, so detailed deadlines are not set yet. Free zones run their own rules: the DIFC Data Protection Law, amended in July 2025, and the ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021. We build your program to the federal law now, so you are ready the day the regulations are published.
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 amended UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Its main data protection changes came into force on February 5, 2026. From June 19, 2026, every controller must run a formal complaints process: an accessible way to complain, an acknowledgment within 30 days and a record of each complaint. Privacy notices must tell people about it.
Yes. DPO as a Service gives you an experienced data protection officer on a part time basis, without a full time hire. Your DPO advises on processing and DPIAs, handles contact with regulators such as SDAIA, the ICO or the DIFC Commissioner, oversees subject rights requests and keeps your records current. The scope is agreed per engagement.
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