Episode 127

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8th Apr 2025

Data Protection Impact Assessment Best Practices for Privacy Pros

If you've ever felt overwhelmed or confused by the idea of conducting a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), you're not alone and this episode is here to help.

Join Jamal Ahmed, the King of Data Protection, as he shares his expert insights on how to make your DPIAs credible, compliant, and actually useful. In this episode, you’ll discover:

  1. The steps you should take to conduct a legally valid and effective Data Protection Impact Assessment
  2. Who should really be involved in completing a DPIA (spoiler alert: it’s not just the DPO)
  3. How to prepare and run stakeholder meetings that gather the right information without wasting time
  4. Why asking the right questions is more important than simply filling out templates
  5. What makes the difference between a DPIA that enables business and one that blocks progress

This episode is packed with real-world advice, practical tips, and a clear approach you can apply straight away to level up your privacy practice.

Follow Jamal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmjahmed/

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Privacy Pros Podcast
Discover the Secrets from the World's Leading Privacy Professionals for a Successful Career in Data Protection
Data privacy is a hot sector in the world of business. But it can be hard to break in and have a career that thrives.

That’s where our podcast comes in! We interview leading Privacy Pros and share the secrets to success each fortnight.

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Jamal Ahmed FIP CIPP/E CIPM

Jamal Ahmed is CEO at Kazient Privacy Experts, whose mission is safeguard the personal data of every woman, man and child on earth.

He is an established and comprehensively qualified Global Privacy professional, World-class Privacy trainer and published author. Jamal is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and Certified EU GDPR Practitioner.

He is revered as a Privacy thought leader and is the first British Muslim to be awarded the designation "Fellow of Information Privacy’ by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).