GDPR Expert in Austria
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Alexander P.
Last position:
Owner & Lecturer at Artellico / Own company for AI governance and data products
- Consulting and interim management at the intersection of IT operations and regulation
- Impact assessment and implementation planning for NISG 2026 and the EU AI Act, including risk management and reporting and evidence processes
- Training for governing bodies and employees on regulatory obligations
- Teaching assignments in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at Hochschule Burgenland, since 2023
- Supervision of Master's theses and participation on examination boards
- Industry talks for businesses and educational institutions
- Design and development of data and AI products, platforms and pipelines
- Privacy-first architectures and Zero-Knowledge encryption, cloud-native on EU infrastructure
- Integration with bank account systems using SEPA direct debit mandates and message formats under ISO 20022 (pain.008, camt.053)
- MLOps and AIOps in live operations
- Own applications under my own brand: shared codebase, separate deployment for each target device
- AI-assisted software development (vibe-coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
- Professional publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
- Professional publications on data sovereignty, cloud economics and industrial image processing
- AI governance / compliance: data quality, Responsible AI, EU AI Act readiness, risk classification, AI ethics
Daniel S.
Last position:
AI Strategy & Use-Case Development at Umwelt Service Salzburg
- AI strategy concept and implementation roadmap for an energy consulting company.
- Use-case matrix with nine application scenarios (including funding research, chatbot, initial AI consulting, topic radar), implemented as reusable Claude Code skills.
- AI strategy, use-case analysis / Claude Code Skills / n8n.
Christian E.
Last position:
Cyber Trust Austria Silver Certification at PrimeFaktor GmbH
Cyber Trust Austria Silver Certification
- Led application and implementation of the Cyber Trust Austria Silver label (KSV1870 Cyber Risk A-Rating; 25 validated controls)
- Mapped and fulfilled requirements covering risk management, incident response, access control, vulnerability and penetration testing, BCM, and supply-chain security, aligned with ISO/IEC 27001/27002 control themes and NIS 2 / NISG 2026 expectations
- Coordinated stakeholders, compiled audit evidence, and completed KSV1870 validation
Mario M.
Last position:
Co-Founder and CTO at B2B SaaS Recruiting Platform
Complete build of a B2B SaaS platform for recruitment agencies
- Multi-source job aggregation via ATS APIs
- AI-assisted career page scraping
- Rule-based and AI-assisted matching
- Credit-based monetization model with Stripe integration
- Live in production since July 2026
Tech stack
- NestJS
- React
- PostgreSQL
- pgvector
- Claude AI
- Prisma
Lucas G.
Last position:
Self-Employed Management Consultant at nospia e.U.
Provided expert consultancy services to a range of clients, supporting their compliance and security objectives across multiple domains. Key projects and responsibilities included:
- Lead consultant for successful ISO 27001 certification projects, including readiness assessments and audit support
- Conducted comprehensive risk reviews and gap analyses to identify and remediate compliance and security vulnerabilities
- Developed, and improved internal and external policies, guidelines, and procedures related to information security and data protection
- Delivered tailored training sessions to employees on security best practices and data protection obligations
- Negotiated and drafted compliance-related contractual clauses, including DPAs and security-related provisions.
- Designed consent management strategies and ensured effective technical implementation of cookie banners in compliance with regulatory requirements
Christoph K.
Last position:
AI Project Manager at Logistics industry
- Project management for the introduction of an AI-supported email automation system for a logistics service provider
- Requirements analysis, stakeholder coordination, consulting, implementation support
Michael S.
Last position:
Director, IT at Austria Juice GmbH
- Directed IT operations across 13 sites in China, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine, and Austria.
- Built and led a new IT team with personnel based in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Germany.
- Upgraded outdated IT infrastructure at sites in Austria, Germany, Romania, and Poland, enhancing clients, printers, networks, servers, storage, firewalls, and backups.
- Retired the legacy phone system and transitioned to Teams.
- Established and deployed AI tools, including Copilot and Zapier.
- Implemented NIS II readiness and achieved ISO 27001 certification.
- Eliminated inefficient business applications to enhance operational efficiency.
- Developed and executed new processes for operations technology, business process outsourcing, purchasing, human resources, and IT.
- Launched a new SAP Warehouse System.
- Established IT standards across all sites.
- Engaged effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Defined and monitored security KPIs, ensuring targets were met.
- Managed budgeting processes, achieving a 15% reduction in operational expenditure.
Shahram F.
Last position:
Senior Product Owner at Elderly Neighbour Watch
Delivery of a digital, non-profit neighborhood platform connecting older people with volunteers for practical support and social companionship. Responsibility for business analysis, requirements definition, platform evaluation and delivery of a locally scalable service solution, with a focus on AI-supported development, data-driven optimization and clear market positioning. Evaluation of several low-code/business platforms, including Odoo and Glide Apps, as well as assessment of monday.com as a CRM-related option, before selecting Glide Apps for implementation. Implementation of a non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and the website with WordPress. Responsibilities
- Gathering, analyzing and structuring business requirements for the product and service model
- Conducting market, target group and competitor analyses to position the offering
- Evaluating and selecting suitable low-code/business platforms for implementation
- Defining key user journeys, business processes and operational workflows for older people, volunteers and Administration
- Translating business requirements into requirements for profiles, task management, coordination, communication and notifications
- Supporting the implementation of the non-native mobile and desktop application in Glide Apps and the website in WordPress
- Preparing future AI-supported functions such as intelligent matching and data-driven optimization
- Ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements Results
- Successfully delivered digital support platform connecting older people with volunteers
- Solid foundation for market positioning through market, target group and competitor analyses
- Implemented functional non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and accompanying website with WordPress
- Created foundation for scaling and AI-based further development
Gabriele B.
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at PaiperOne GmbH
- Main tasks and responsibilities: development, acquisition, sales, consulting, and controlling
- Area of work or industry: Software as a Service in AI compliance and consulting
Selection of client projects:
- Creation and operation of an AI governance platform, including training content on the use of AI in companies
- Design, setup, and operation of the ISO 42001 management system at PaiperOne with certification by TÜV
- Auditor according to ISO 17024 at Austrian Standards for the "AI Manager"
- AI training for staff of two Austrian publishing groups
- AI training for the management level at the State of Lower Austria
- AI strategy workshop for a municipality in Styria and a municipality in Salzburg
- AI workshops for the House of Digitalization in Tulln
- AI training for municipalities at KDZ
- Delivery of training on "Certified AI Compliance Officer" at the Academy for Internal Audit
- Organizational consulting on AI governance at ÖGK
- Project support for the "homepage chatbot" at öbv
- Certification exams at Austrian Standards
Herbert F.
Last position:
Pentest Center of Excellence - Strategy & Implementation at Cybersecurity & IT Risk Managed Services
- Built board/management business-case scenarios; assessed services, vendors, contracts and financials; defined target operating model, service catalogue, organization, processes and tooling.
- Implemented near-shore CoE in Romania and supported rollout to an international insurance group
Plamen M.
Last position:
Head of Service & Operations Management at Raiffeisen Bank International
- Shaping service management framework as part of head office of RBI
- Service owner overseeing IT cloud services, accountable for overall quality, lifecycle, and success
- Managing customer relationships and satisfaction for 10 business units ensuring smooth business continuity and operations
- Single point of contact and service/process owner providing T-shaped expertise in IT domains, cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, Orca, CRM, GitHub, SFMC)
- ITSM/ITIL implementation and mentoring including design, definition, mapping, and execution
- Change and release management, UAT/test assurance, major incident management, SDLC management
- Managing regulatory and audit requirements, DORA, GDPR, ITPF compliance and reporting
- Acting as a point of escalation for complex customer issues, resolving conflicts, fostering a customer-centric culture
- People management: leading and managing service delivery teams, DevOps, vendors, and third-party teams
- Cross-tribe service delivery and contract management: KPIs, SLAs, OLAs, RPO, RTO, BCM/SCM management
- Agile/Scrum process delivery governance, stakeholder communication, and budget/cost management
Zoran J.
Last position:
Technical Writer – Implementation of the BNPP IT PROD SEC Service Catalog at BNP Paribas Germany
Design, authorship and finalization of the IT PROD SEC service catalog with eight standardized security services (S-ID001–S-ID008).
Development of consistent service components & deliverables, RACI assignments and SLA and KPI definitions for each service.
Integration of BaFin document requirements under DORA into the service descriptions.
Coordination with IT, compliance, risk and operations teams to validate all service descriptions.
Specifically for governance & monitoring: definition of governance cadence, evidence delivery processes, audit support and definition of measurable KPIs and measurement methods.
Ensuring that all services are standardized, measurable and documented in an audit-proof manner.
Result: Approved service catalog with eight services as a binding basis for delivery, governance and audits; transparent SLAs/KPIs for each service and DORA/BAIT/MaRisk-compliant documentation with clear responsibilities and evidence trails.
Technologies and tools: Confluence, Jira, ServiceNow, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, Office 365.
David L.
Last position:
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Fractual
- Built and maintained a full-featured React Native mobile app and companion web portal supporting multi-role access and real-time collaboration for service teams.
- Developed a robust NestJS backend using TypeScript, adhering to scalable microservices patterns to support a dynamic task management system.
- Designed and optimized PostgreSQL schemas, using advanced indexing and normalized data models to support patient tracking, tasks, and outcome reporting.
- Integrated Socket.IO to support real-time team communication, task status updates, and instant notifications across mobile and web platforms.
- Developed secure authentication workflows using AWS Cognito, including multi-role login, token refresh, and session timeout handling.
- Leveraged AWS S3 for secure document uploads (patient records, resource materials) with signed URLs and access control policies.
- Connected AWS SNS and SES to automate notifications for escalations, missed follow-ups, and appointment reminders.
- Engineered an admin analytics dashboard using React + Zustand for tracking user activity, case completion rates, and compliance metrics.
- Designed and implemented AI-driven features for task prioritization and patient risk classification using external API integrations.
- Established a robust CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and Docker, achieving automated testing, linting, and environment-based deployments.
- Followed Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retros) while collaborating with QA, BAs, and PMs to deliver high-velocity features.
- Led data protection efforts ensuring full GDPR compliance, including encrypted storage, session control, and user-consent management.
- Delivered a fully responsive UI using DaisyUI-style components for mobile and tablet-first designs, achieving high Lighthouse scores.
- Reduced support tickets by 40% by implementing detailed audit logging and a self-service helpdesk system in the admin interface.
Peter S.
Last position:
Lead Software Architect at Pritz IT GmbH
- Lead software architect in a greenfield MES project (Manufacturing Execution System / factory control system), responsible for architecture decisions, technology selection, and technical direction throughout the entire development lifecycle
- Designed and built the core framework from scratch, including several reusable Spring Boot starters (e.g., OPC-UA integration, messaging, security) that enable flexible composition of the individual system modules
- Introduced Keycloak as the central authentication and authorization system with SSO across all MES components
- Created and owns the full CI/CD pipeline covering Java, NPM and Docker – automating build, test, containerisation and deployment across all project components
- Set up the architecture documentation space in Confluence as the single source of truth for all architecture decisions, component designs, and integration patterns
- Defined and enforced naming conventions and coding standards to ensure consistency in the growing codebase
- Conducted regular code reviews for quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and adherence to architecture guidelines
- Created and maintained technology roadmaps to guide future development priorities and infrastructure investments
Wolfgang F.
Last position:
AI Driving License Trainer at KI-Trainer WIFI Wien
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Statistics of experts using GDPR
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Legal
Bachelor's degree or higher
81%
Master's degree or higher
62%
Doctorate
12%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using GDPR
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
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 29 Oct 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 (90%)
- Professional Services (72%)
- Banking and Finance (59%)
- Manufacturing (52%)
- Healthcare (45%)
- Retail (45%)
- Transportation (38%)
- Media and Entertainment (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
GDPR in practice
The General Data Protection Regulation, commonly called GDPR or EU GDPR, governs how organisations collect, use, store and share personal data. It applies to customer records, employee information, prospect data, website activity and many digital services. The work combines legal interpretation with practical processes, technical safeguards and clear accountability.
Compliance scope
GDPR specialists help organisations map processing activities and identify the lawful basis for each purpose. They review privacy notices, consent flows, retention rules, data subject procedures and agreements with processors. In Austria, they may also align implementation with local organisational practices and coordinate with legal, security and business teams.
Tools and controls
Effective GDPR work often connects policy with the systems that handle personal data.
- Create records of processing activities and data inventories
- Review cookie banners, consent management and preference centres
- Assess vendors, international transfers and processing agreements
- Define deletion, access, correction and incident response workflows
- Document privacy impact assessments and control decisions
Specialists may work with governance tools, ticketing systems, identity platforms, cloud services, analytics suites and customer relationship systems. They need enough technical understanding to trace data through integrations and enough communication skill to turn requirements into actions.
When expertise matters
Companies usually bring in freelance GDPR expertise during a product launch, system migration, audit preparation, acquisition or major change to marketing and analytics. External support is also useful when a privacy team needs temporary capacity for data mapping, vendor reviews or remediation. Remote collaboration works well when documentation and access are organised; Austrian organisations may additionally value German-language communication for internal stakeholders and local suppliers.
Strong specialist profile
A strong professional combines knowledge of privacy principles with evidence of careful delivery. They ask how data is collected, who can access it, where it is stored and when it should be removed. They distinguish a genuine compliance risk from a low-value formality and explain trade-offs without hiding behind legal language. Experience with security controls, procurement, product design, HR processes or marketing technology can make their advice more useful.
Choosing the right support
Start by defining the outcome: a defensible data inventory, a compliant product flow, a vendor assessment, an incident process or ongoing privacy coordination. Look for specialists who can show how they turned findings into owners, deadlines and measurable controls. Ask how they handle uncertain legal questions, involve the data protection officer and keep records current after the project ends. The best fit understands both the organisation’s risk profile and the systems that process its data.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about GDPR — answered in short.
GDPR sets rules for processing personal data by organisations operating in the European Economic Area or targeting people there. It covers transparency, lawful processing, individual rights, security, retention and accountability.
A GDPR programme turns broad privacy commitments into specific legal bases, procedures, records and controls. A privacy policy explains practices to people, while GDPR compliance also requires internal governance, processor oversight and evidence that obligations are being managed.
A strong GDPR specialist may also understand information security, contract review, data architecture, cookie consent, identity management and incident response. The right combination depends on whether the assignment focuses on legal documentation, product delivery or operational controls.
The scope of GDPR work matters more than a fixed career benchmark. A focused privacy notice review may need a different profile from a group-wide data mapping exercise, cloud migration assessment or programme involving sensitive employee and customer data.
Yes. GDPR projects are often suitable for remote collaboration when systems, documentation and stakeholders are accessible online. On-site workshops can still help with process mapping, and Austrian organisations may prefer German-language communication for local teams and suppliers.
Good GDPR work links each finding to a clear risk, owner, action and record of the decision. Ask for practical examples of data inventories, assessments, rights-request processes or vendor reviews, and check whether the specialist can explain technical and legal consequences in plain language.
EU General Data Protection Regulation is the formal name commonly shortened to GDPR. The terms refer to the same European data protection framework, although national guidance and organisational practice can affect how requirements are implemented in Austria.
A GDPR assignment may involve sensitive business information, restricted systems and decisions that need careful documentation. Freelancers should clarify the scope, stakeholders, access rights, confidentiality terms and expected deliverables before starting, and should separate legal advice from operational compliance support when appropriate.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used GDPR in their recent projects is 114 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 915 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used GDPR in their recent projects, 81% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 62% hold at least a Master's degree, and 12% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used GDPR in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used GDPR in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used GDPR in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Professional Services (72%), and Banking and Finance (59%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used GDPR in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Project Management (93%), and Strategy (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used GDPR
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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