DAG Global (now Greengage)
Data protection by design for a start-up digital merchant bank
Strongest proof
Data protection by design for a digital merchant bank in development
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Capability
- Data Privacy & DPO · Cyber Governance & Assurance
- Geography
- United Kingdom
- Engagement model
- Defined-scope assurance
- Evidence
- Named client · Public evidence
At a glance
- Who
- DAG Global (now Greengage) · Financial Services
- Why it mattered
- A start-up digital merchant bank, pursuing a UK banking licence at the time, needed data protection built into its platform before launch.
- IG-Smart's role
- Retained DPO service with wider specialist support
01The exposure
DAG Global, now Greengage, was a start-up digital merchant bank building a platform connecting traditional banking with the digital-asset economy. At the time of the engagement it was pursuing a UK banking licence.
Building compliance in before launch was far less costly than retrofitting it — and the platform would face the scrutiny of financial regulators as well as data-protection law.
02The mandate
Qualified DPO oversight and practical advice to embed data protection by design and by default into systems, processes and technology from the outset.
Commissioned scope
- DPO as a Service Plus
- On-site and remote advice from qualified DPOs
- Access to cyber-security and IG specialists
- Operational advice and training
03Environment
Organisation context
Describes the client organisation — not the size of IG-Smart's work.
- Digital merchant-banking venture (at the time)
Frameworks in scope
- UK GDPR
- Data Protection Act 2018
Scope boundary
- Banking authorisation and prudential matters were outside IG-Smart's scope
04IG-Smart's approach
- 01
Retained DPO service
Delivered IG-Smart's DPO as a Service Plus model, tailored to a digital-first, highly regulated environment.
- 02
Specialist access
Supplemented DPO advice with cyber-security and information-governance specialists as needed.
- 03
Advice and training
Provided continuing operational advice and team training so data protection was part of the platform's foundations.
05Engagement scale
What IG-Smart's work covered
- Data protection by design
06What we delivered
- DPO advice on platform and process design
- Team training
07Outcome
Client-reported result
The CEO reports that IG-Smart's advice, support and training helped the team take the proactive steps needed to embed stringent measures and robust controls into its businesses and solutions.
08Client perspective
“The well-measured advice, support, and training that IG-Smart Ltd's subject matter experts provide the team at DAG Global enables us to ensure that we take the proactive steps necessary to embed stringent measures and robust controls into the fabric of our businesses and solutions.”
09What this demonstrates
Relevant to regulated and high-growth digital businesses that need privacy and governance embedded into products, processes and operating models while the organisation is still developing and scaling.
10What buyers can verify
Public
- Named client
- Engagement scope
- Named executive quotation
- Deliverable types described
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