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Data Governance, Privacy & Assurance for Government and Public Bodies

Make accountable decisions about data, privacy and risk across public programmes, with senior-led governance support and evidence that stands up to scrutiny.

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Relevant experience

Experience across public programmes and shared services

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  • Department of Health and Social Care

    Legal and information governance workstream leadership

    Workstream leadership and Probity Cell programme management within the published engagement.

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  • Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service

    Data-protection training

    Data-protection capability building for Scotland's prosecution service.

    Explore the training engagement

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When public bodies call us

When a public programme needs clearer accountability

Common reasons to seek support include:

  • Shared data across organisations

    Clarify arrangements and responsibilities.

  • New services or systems

    Address privacy and governance early.

  • Scrutiny or assurance requirements

    Organise decisions and supporting evidence.

  • Capacity or ownership gaps

    Establish the right senior support and reporting.

How we think

Make the decision accountable

Connect the decision with a responsible owner, an assessment of risk, a recorded action and evidence for reporting. This explains a relationship, not an accredited model or a guarantee.

  1. Decision

    Define the decision and its purpose.

  2. Accountable owner

    Identify responsibility and escalation.

  3. Assessed risk

    Understand the relevant exposure.

  4. Recorded action

    Document the agreed response.

  5. Assurance reporting

    Give decision-makers a clear evidence trail.

Our DHSC work led the legal and information-governance workstream and Probity Cell programme management within the NHS COVID-19 app programme.

How we help

Start with the decision or requirement

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What you receive

Evidence for decisions, delivery and scrutiny

Depending on the agreed scope, an engagement can produce:

  • Decision and accountability recordsClear records of decisions, owners and actions.
  • Prioritised findings and action plansClear, risk-based findings and agreed actions.
  • Governance structures and escalation routesDefined arrangements and lines of accountability.
  • Management or board reportingConcise reporting for leadership and governance forums.
  • Privacy assessments and supporting documentationDPIAs, advice and evidence to support decisions.

Working with us

Proportionate, stage by stage

An engagement uses the stages appropriate to its scope — usually a defined project or embedded specialist support. Our delivery architecture runs Assess → Build → Manage → Assure → Improve; not every engagement includes all five.

  1. Assess

    Establish the requirement, existing governance and the decisions in scope.

  2. Build

    Develop frameworks, assessments and records where they are missing.

  3. Assure

    Review controls and supporting evidence, with the review arrangements and any independence requirements agreed in the scope.

  4. Improve

    Agree prioritised actions and track them to closure where commissioned.

Defined engagement

Focused on a specific requirement with clear deliverables.

Managed or retained support

Ongoing specialist support where continuity matters.

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Scope and responsibilities

What we can support

  • Governance and evidence review
  • Agreed frameworks and documentation
  • Senior advisory input and reporting

What remains with your organisation

  • Decisions, approvals and implementation
  • Resources and statutory duties

The applicable requirements and procurement arrangements are agreed for the specific organisation, programme and processing activity. We do not hold or imply government endorsement, framework membership or security clearance, and we do not provide legal representation.

Requirements organisations commonly encounter

Depending on the organisation, its activities and jurisdiction, relevant requirements may include:

  • UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, including Part 3 where law-enforcement processing applies
  • The ICO Data Sharing Code of Practice
  • Freedom of Information and records-management obligations
  • Supplier security and data-protection requirements set in public contracts

Buyer questions

Questions before you engage

Can you support a programme involving several public bodies?

Yes. We agree the scope around the bodies, responsibilities and governance questions involved. For the South West London Better Care Fund we developed the legal and technical framework for professionals to share records across organisational and borough boundaries.

Can you work alongside our DPO, legal and delivery teams?

Yes. Our DHSC work involved leading a workstream within a larger programme. Embedded support is scoped to defined responsibilities and reporting lines, alongside your existing teams.

What information and involvement would you need from us?

The requirement, the organisations and decisions involved, timescales and any existing governance records, plus access to the people who own the relevant decisions. We confirm anything further when scoping.

How are scope, responsibilities and fees agreed?

We confirm scope, responsibilities and fee in a written proposal. Published starting and typical investment bands are on our How We Work page.

What can you provide for procurement and assurance review?

Company, security and procurement evidence is available in our Trust Centre, and relevant case-study evidence can be requested. Submit a requirement or RFP for a written proposal.

  • Michael Abtar

    Founder & CEO · Service lead

    Senior-led support informed by published public-programme and cross-organisation governance engagements.

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