Siarhei Varankevich

Siarhei Varankevich is the founder of Data Privacy Office, an international data protection consultancy with locations in Germany, the US, Belarus, and the United Arab Emirates. As a senior corporate trainer and consultant in the field of information privacy, Siarhei assists companies in complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL).

Siarhei’s responsibilities include managing GDPR and other privacy act programs based on ISO 27001+277001 standards, coordinating Data Protection Impact Assessments, and implementing Data Protection by Design principles. For larger international clients, he assembles and manages teams of outsourced local consultants across multiple jurisdictions. This ensures that clients comply with all privacy requirements in the countries where they operate.

In addition to his consulting work, Siarhei is the author and instructor of GDPR DPP, GDPR DPM, and UAE DPO data protection training courses. He holds certifications as a professional (CIPP/E), manager (CIPM), and technologist (CIPT) in information privacy. Furthermore, he serves as the chief editor of GDPR-Text.com, an online guide to the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

Siarhei has more than 500 hours of consulting on the GDPR for companies of various sizes and from different sectors of the economy: IT product companies, banks, payment systems, logistics and airlines, health care and pharmaceutical companies and others. Siarhei acts as an external DPO (Data Protection Officer) for some of the clients.