Since 25 May 2018 the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies. It brings many new requirements. One of the most significant changes is that companies have to prove that they have complied with the requirements of the GDPR (so called “accountability”). In case of a breach, fines are up to 4 percent of annual global turnover or up to 20 Million Euro.

For a structured and user-friendly administration of processes and applications, PwC has developed the software application “PwC´s Data Protection Manager”. Many years of practical experience of the PwC colleagues involved in data protection consulting played a decisive role in this development.

The integration of processes and applications in the different departments of a company has already been made as simple as possible: PwC´s Data Protection Manager offers a questionnaire, with its help the responsible employees can enter information on personal data from their processes and applications. Next to the online function, the use of an Excel based questionnaire is possible, which can be filled in offline and afterwards be uploaded on the PwC´s Data Protection Manager. As a result the PwC´s Data Protection Manager captures the processes automatically as a records of processing activities and as a data flow map. In addition, there are numerous other functionalities.

“The PwC´s Data Protection Manager does not replace a legal consulting or even a data protection officer. However, the support of the PwC´s Data Protection Manager can significantly standardise and simplify work processes in the field of data protection in companies and thus reduce the expense", says Dr. Jan-Peter Ohrtmann, Lawyer, Partner and Expert for Data Protection at PwC. "We have already successfully applied the PwC´s Data Protection Manager in our own consulting practice.”