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Andreas R.
Last position:
Freelance Information Security Consultant at A-R-C Andreas Rühl Consulting
Development and implementation of customized information security strategies
Introduction and further development of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz and other standards
Risk management and preparation of security concepts
Consulting for KRITIS, PCI DSS, TISAX and VdS 3473/10000
Establishment and optimization of security organizations
Creation and implementation of policies, guidelines, work instructions and process descriptions
Audit support and certification preparation
Delivery of training sessions, workshops and awareness campaigns
Selection and consulting for the introduction of IT security solutions such as SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls and encryption technologies
Conducting penetration tests and vulnerability analyses
Consulting on the selection, integration and management of security architectures in complex IT environments
Consulting on ITSM, managed security services and SOC
Management and coordination of complex projects to improve information security
Process analysis, optimization and management according to ITIL, ISO 27001 and cybernetics
Introduction and quality assurance of management, documentation and knowledge management systems
Support in complying with regulatory information security requirements (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GMP, KRITIS)
Development and implementation of risk analysis procedures
Organization of initial response, forensic investigations and organizational measures in security incidents
Design and delivery of targeted workshops on topics such as ISMS, IT risks and current threat scenarios
Awareness campaigns to promote a security culture in companies
Special training on ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz, KRITIS and other relevant standards
Simulations and exercises to prepare for information security incidents
Interim management for leading information security projects or IT security organizations
Taking on the role of external CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Support in developing and implementing IT security and corporate strategies
Coaching and mentoring of managers in information security
Establishment and management of security departments, including employee recruitment and qualification
Temporary assumption of management responsibility in critical situations
Nikolaus B.
Last position:
Information Security, IS-Governance & Crossfunctional Governance at Zürich Beteiligungs-AG (Deutschland)
- Conducted security assessments for supplier qualification, business unit onboarding, and ongoing reviews of service providers and partners (Ongoing Assurance).
- Assessed technical and organizational measures (TOMs) against GDPR and information security requirements.
- Handled security reviews and approval processes in the Global Approval Navigator (OneTrust).
- Advised business units and IT on information security, security requirements, and risk-appropriate measures.
- Supported the development of SOC/SIEM processes and tools as part of the ISMS in line with ISO/IEC 27001.
- Analyzed cyber threats and coordinated security objectives and measures to address Security Findings with the SOC team.
- Monitored and assessed current security advisories and security-related metrics (KPIs).
- Reviewed, assessed risks, and approved exception requests (Security Exceptions).
- Independently analyzed and handled Security Events and supported the handling of security incidents.
- Planned and supported awareness initiatives to strengthen security awareness.
- Created, implemented, and reviewed information security policies and standards.
- Conducted protection needs analyses and gap assessments to identify security gaps and risk deviations.
- Defined and reviewed technical and organizational risk treatment measures.
- Advised on Third Party Governance with consideration of DORA, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27005, ISO/IEC 42001, and BCM in line with ISO 22301.
André G.
Last position:
Financial Reporting Consultant at Client anonymized (services sector)
Financial reporting as an MVP. Follow-up assignment.
- Reports on profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow
- Budget and personnel metrics (FTE)
- Implementation as an MVP with a fixed scope
Jörg K.
Last position:
Exec. Coach / Consultant / Agilist at HASOMED GmbH
Fixed a broken “ScrumBan” process, then established a pure Kanban system; increased output in the Kanban flow by 22 % in four weeks
Increased team autonomy and decision-making ability by implementing new decision-making strategies, resulting in up to 25 % better outcomes
Redesigned retrospectives (including through one-on-one coaching and workshops), leading to consistent implementation of the resulting action items
Intensive coaching of Product Owners (POs) to develop and promote “Empowered Teams,” alongside leadership development to provide a realistic perspective (“disillusionment”) on agile frameworks and methods
Supported change management processes to promote an agile company culture among management and teams, while improving internal communication to increase transparency and effectiveness in agile processes
Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- Founder of CheironX: AI-supported GRC management (ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, TISAX, DORA)
- Strategic focus on Agentic AI and GenAI for modern IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Olaf S.
Last position:
Trainer & Facilitator for Digital Sovereignty at ITSM-COLOGNE
Project: Digital Sovereignty – Toll Collect
Workshop: Digital Sovereignty Recognize dependencies, reduce risks, remain capable of acting
Format
- One-day practical seminar
Target group
- Executive management
- IT managers
- Data protection officers
- Compliance functions
Content and objectives
- Systematic analysis of digital dependencies
- Assessment of legal and operational risks
- Development of a concrete plan to increase digital sovereignty
- Mapping of the entire IT infrastructure by participants
- Identification of critical dependencies on non-European providers
- Creation of a prioritized risk matrix based on:
- GDPR
- NIS2
- EU AI Act
- Joint development of options for action – from a hybrid model to complete migration to European solutions
- Development of an individual sovereignty roadmap with:
- Responsibilities
- Milestones
- Budget framework
Agenda
- Preliminary self-assessment (current infrastructure)
- Digital sovereignty? Nothing but an illusion
- Digital sovereignty 2026 – Germany’s dangerous dependency in focus
- Digital sovereignty & open source
- What is digital sovereignty?
- Three questions raised by digital sovereignty
- Reflection: Digital sovereignty in your own life
- Why is digital sovereignty existential now?
- Practical examples of digital sovereignty
- Schleswig-Holstein initiative
- Benefits of digital sovereignty for your company
- Assessing strategy options (cost-benefit matrix)
- Sovereign provider? 10 questions
- What does digital sovereignty specifically mean for your company?
- How do you shape digital sovereignty?
- Digital sovereignty and psychological safety
- Psychological safety: The key to high-performing teams
- Why psychological safety in your company?
- Benefits of psychological safety
- Invitation to group work: PsySafety Check (PS-C)
- The “Braintrust” experiment
- Creating a risk matrix
- Creating a roadmap & project plan
- European alternatives to US Big Tech
- 10-point plans:
- NIS2
- EU AI Act
- GDPR
- ISO 27001
Christopher Z.
Last position:
IT Product Manager / Product Owner at Leading German financial services provider
Banking & Invest – Replacement of digital application journeys
Shared product responsibility for the digital application journeys (accounts, investment accounts, home financing) of a large financial services provider working with three partner banks – from the prioritized backlog and partner bank integrations to regulatory requirements (WpHG, ESMA, BFSG); contributed to the introduction of MS Copilot and AI use cases.
Result: Continued to develop the platform reliably across around 30 releases over 2.5 years; launched two new partner processes and met regulatory deadlines.
Sven L.
Last position:
Project Controller at Iqony
- Acting as project controller for the STEAM sub-project within Iqony's long-term modernisation programme for an industrial water demineralisation plant at the BP refinery site in Gelsenkirchen-Scholven alongside the parallel WATER sub-project
- Managing cost control, SAP PS data integrity and project tracking in a challenging data environment
Hannah K.
Last position:
Instructor, AI Fundamentals for the Digital Workplace at grandedu
- Instructor for an AZAV-certified AI training program for working professionals; designed in February 2026, with five cohorts each running for one month from March 2026
- Designed and created all modules and learning materials
- Topics: AI fundamentals, prompting, use cases in communication, analysis, and processes, agents and workflows, the EU AI Act, and GDPR
- Taught small groups of 3 to 9 participants from different professional fields and levels of seniority
- Provided individual learning support throughout each course
- Result: completed five cohorts with around 500 hours of live instruction
Franz B.
Last position:
Product Development (AI) at Self-initiated
AI phone assistant platform
Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Python, LLM / Voice-AI, PostgreSQL
- Designed and hands-on developed an AI-powered phone assistant platform (Voice-AI / LLM)—from idea and architecture through to MVP/product.
- Built agentic workflows and end-to-end automations with Claude Code and Google AI Studio.
- Also supported AI-powered delivery in client engagements: using Claude Code for governance documentation, requirements drafts, and automations.
Paul W.
Last position:
Enterprise Architect at ePrimo GmbH
Led the end-to-end integration and migration architecture for decommissioning SAP IS-U market communication and transitioning to Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with E.ON IT Services — covering regulated EDIFACT market messaging, a three-phase data migration (transfer of market message inventory after cutover), redesign of market communication processes, and full GDPR and German energy-market compliance.
- Designed the three-tier target architecture (SAP IS-U → NScale B2B gateway → SFMC) processing 50,000–100,000 EDIFACT messages daily within sub-5-minute SLAs.
- Architected the three-phase data migration: 36 months of historical data, zero-loss cutover of in-flight market messages, and near-real-time CDC synchronization.
- Delivered secure, BDEW/GDPR-compliant integration (AS2/OFTP2, RFC/IDoc, REST APIs, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, AWS S3) achieving >99.5% uptime, <0.1% migration discrepancy, and RTO <4 hours.
- Applied BPMN to model and optimize the market communication processes.
Technologies: SAP IS-U, NScale, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, EDIFACT, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, AWS S3, BPMN, Jira, Confluence, Draw.io
Enver B.
Last position:
Interim Manager Data Protection Projects at Telefonica Deutschland GmbH
Management of data protection & IT security-related projects. Adjustments to knowledge management and consulting processes.
Activities:
- Data protection consulting
- Process optimization in in-house consulting
- Interface to specialist departments, IT security, development and management
Christian F.
Last position:
Project Lead & Cyber Security Consultant at Deutsche Börse Gruppe
- Established a cyber resilience framework for AI-accelerated threats in the Frontier AI Threat Endurance (FATE) program: capability assessments, maturity assessments and gap analyses covering cyber security, operational resilience, incident response, recovery and governance, followed by target concepts and improvement measures
- Supported action owners from specification through implementation: implementation roadmaps, decision papers, management presentations and governance reporting, as well as audit- and supervision-ready documentation; managed stakeholders from IT, Information Security, Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Business Continuity and the business units
Holger G.
Last position:
IAM Business Analyst + Requirements Engineer at Rewe Group
Business analysis / requirements engineering for the introduction of a central authorization platform:
- Analysis of existing requirements for the use of IGA solutions (NetIQ, MidPoint) in an existing IAM cluster
- Capturing requirements as epics and user stories (JIRA) to provide a comprehensive description of the use of an IGA solution for central access control across connected platforms and applications.
- Functional solution descriptions (Confluence) for various lifecycle processes, such as Identity Lifecycle (ILC), Role Lifecycle (RLC), Structure Lifecycle (SLC), and Application Lifecycle
- RBAC: Design of a role model in the IGA solution to automate access provisioning as much as possible, capturing application and business roles
- Approach for onboarding applications to the IGA tool, integrating Keycloak (ID Provider).
- Functions and processes for recertifying entitlement objects and roles, and for assigning / removing them from personalized identities.
- Functions and processes for audit-proof documentation and reporting of managed data and processes in the IGA / IAM environment.
- Planning, execution, and documentation of QA / testing for the 1st implementation phase of the MidPoint IGA solution in the IAM cluster.
- Planning a roadmap for the step-by-step testing and introduction of the IGA solution.
Samet P.
Last position:
AI Consultant & Project Manager for Reporting Automation at Toyota Financial Services (EAR)
- Documented complex financial reporting processes in deep-dive sessions with subject matter experts
- Analyzed and mapped the 3-tier data flow SAP – Essbase – HQ (984 account entries, triple chart of accounts)
- Identified the biggest time drains (40 % of close time)
- Evaluated technologies (AWS, Microsoft Fabric, Custom/Hybrid) with cost-benefit analysis
- Created a validation rule catalog with 351 rules as the basis for pre-submission automation
- Business case: estimated savings potential of 480–960 T€/year for the EAR region
- Hands-on implementation with Microsoft Fabric, RAG, AI agents/Tool Calling and n8n; productive use of Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio
- AI-supported project management workflows (minutes, tasks, knowledge synchronization)
- Stakeholder management at senior management level (EAR Accounting, IEA IT, TFSC Japan), workshops and training on AI tools
Technologies: Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, Claude AI, Python, Power BI, SAP, Essbase/SmartView, Excel (VBA), Notion, SharePoint
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Statistics of experts using GDPR
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
56%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 5 Nov 2026.
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Average rates of experts using GDPR
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The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 5 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
GDPR experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (88%)
- Professional Services (57%)
- Banking and Finance (52%)
- Manufacturing (41%)
- Automotive (34%)
- Healthcare (32%)
- Retail (32%)
- Government and Administration (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core Principles of Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation sets the benchmark for handling personal data across European markets and global supply chains. Organizations must enforce principles of data minimization, purpose limitation, storage limitation, and confidentiality across every technical component.
Practical Implementation Areas for Privacy
Translating regulatory mandates into production environments requires changes across software architectures, product flows, and operational records:
- Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for algorithmic profiling and tracking systems
- Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) under Article 30
- Automated handling workflows for Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs)
- International data transfer frameworks relying on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
Tooling and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
Specialists implement modern privacy frameworks alongside consent management platforms like OneTrust, Didomi, or Usercentrics. In software stacks, they deploy pseudonymization pipelines, differential privacy protocols, audit log retention systems, and secure key management across distributed environments.
Privacy Engineering and Legal Technology Integration
Effective execution unites legal requirements with software systems. Specialists configure enterprise data maps, verify database encryption standards, implement cookie banners that resist dark patterns, and secure automated deletion workflows across secondary backups and data lakes.
Why Organizations Engage External Specialists
Companies typically bring in freelance support when deploying machine learning models on customer information, navigating complex corporate restructuring, or entering the European market. External specialists pinpoint compliance gaps, audit vendors, and resolve complex cross-border transfer challenges quickly.
Identifying Qualified Privacy Professionals
Top practitioners combine a deep grasp of regulatory case law with concrete systems engineering skills. They hold industry credentials like CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT, communicate clear trade-offs to business stakeholders, and produce auditable privacy documentation that withstands formal regulatory scrutiny.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about GDPR? Start with the answers below.
Companies engage a GDPR specialist to conduct data protection impact assessments, design technical architectures for user consent, and formalize processing records. These professionals also structure third-party data processing agreements and implement reliable data subject request workflows.
While the General Data Protection Regulation requires an established lawful basis prior to data processing, the California Consumer Privacy Act relies primarily on opt-out mechanisms for data sales. The European framework enforces stricter definitions of user consent and mandates mandatory breach notification rules within seventy-two hours.
A competent GDPR practitioner understands backend data architectures, pseudonymization techniques, and encryption standards alongside regulatory frameworks. They regularly interact with enterprise consent management tools and automated data discovery platforms across modern cloud providers.
Most GDPR initiatives run remotely through digital code reviews, systems analysis, and documentation audits. On-site presence is occasionally helpful when interviewing physical facility teams, handling critical security incidents, or coordinating directly with executive leadership.
Look for recognized industry credentials such as CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe), CIPM, or CIPT from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Demonstrable experience delivering production audits and technical privacy frameworks under GDPR remains the most important quality indicator.
Engineering teams benefit from dedicated GDPR guidance before building features involving persistent user tracking, biometrics, third-party data pipelines, or machine learning training. Addressing privacy constraints early avoids costly database schema migrations and product redesigns.
To comply with GDPR requirements following landmark legal rulings, specialists evaluate cloud hosting locations, implement Standard Contractual Clauses, and run transfer impact assessments. They identify when technical controls like client-side encryption suffice to safeguard offshore transfers.
Focused audits or risk assessments under GDPR often take two to four weeks to deliver actionable recommendations. Comprehensive operational implementations spanning consent platforms, back-office data maps, and employee governance generally span several months of continuous project work.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used GDPR in their recent projects is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 880 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used GDPR in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used GDPR in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used GDPR in their recent projects are German (98%), English (95%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used GDPR in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Professional Services (57%), and Banking and Finance (52%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used GDPR in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Project Management (76%), and Product Development (63%).
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