Olga Hilnich

Data protection consultant, DPO.

Background

Based in the heart of Touraine, I provide fully remote support to European companies, particularly in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

I previously worked in Paris and Luxembourg in the field of compliance and training, before becoming self-employed in July 2020.

Notable achievements

  • Full GDPR compliance audits and gap analyses, with drafting and implementation of targeted recommendations and concrete, realistic action plans.
  • 30% reduction of a fine imposed by the CNPD thanks to reactive and well-documented support.
  • Long-term partnership (2021-2026) with a Luxembourg firm: outsourced DPO for more than 20 Luxembourg and EEA structures, including Grant Thornton Luxembourg, Skeeled, Open Assessment Technologies (TAO), Castegnaro, Costantini, Rotarex, Cap4Lab and Engelwood AM.
  • Support for a client in preparation for GDPR-CARPA certification.
  • Response rate to rights requests within legal deadlines: 100%.
  • Data breach processing rate within legal deadlines: over 90%.

Education

Master 2 in International Business Law, University of Tours, 2016-2017.

ICT Law and DPO profession, CNAM Paris, February-June 2020.

Conferences

DPO Pathway Conference: Subcontracting contracts and intra-group agreements, Skolae Training (formerly Abilways Luxembourg), Luxembourg, February-March 2023.

GDPR for future entrepreneurs, BGE Touraine, Saint-Avertin, France, October 2021.

Projects and publications

Winner of the Dathack challenge powered by DPO Consulting on the theme of international data transfers, Paris, France, December 2020-May 2021.

The integration of technological solutions: international transfers of personal data, LexisNexis, October 2021.