Data Privacy Consulting

A World-class Data Privacy Consultancy

Data Privacy Consulting – Build Effective Privacy Practices

Strengthen your privacy posture with Toptal’s Data Privacy Consulting. Our teams design and manage privacy programs that reduce risk, support regulatory compliance, and operationalize privacy across your organization.

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Clients Served

30,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

20,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS

Our Services

Toptal Data Privacy Consulting Services

Strengthen your data privacy practices with tailored strategies, compliance frameworks, and risk-reduction solutions. Our end-to-end services ensure your data practices align with regulations across jurisdictions while fostering trust and transparency.

Privacy Risk Assessments

Identify privacy gaps and vulnerabilities to proactively mitigate risks and protect sensitive data.

Regulatory Compliance Strategy

Develop compliance strategies aligned with GDPR, California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other applicable privacy regulations.

Data Protection Impact Assessments

Conduct thorough data protection impact assessments to evaluate and minimize privacy risks in new or existing projects.

Third-party Risk Management

Evaluate vendors and partners to ensure third-party data handling meets privacy standards.

Privacy Policy Development

Craft transparent, compliant privacy policies that build trust and meet legal standards.

Privacy Program Management

Establish and manage scalable privacy programs tailored to your industry and operations.

Data Mapping and Inventory

Build clear data maps and inventories to support privacy governance and reduce exposure.

Consent and Preference Management

Implement user-friendly systems to manage consent and communication preferences.

Cross-border Data Transfer Guidance

Navigate international data transfer rules with frameworks that support legal compliance.

Employee Privacy Training

Equip teams with the knowledge to identify, manage, and report privacy risks effectively.

Privacy Governance Frameworks

Establish strong internal governance to support ongoing compliance and accountability.

Incident Response Planning

Prepare actionable response plans to manage privacy incidents and limit regulatory, legal, and reputational impact.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Data Privacy Consulting

Our data privacy consultants, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

We will create your unique project timeline, process, and first drafts, whether your goal is strengthening compliance or fostering trust through responsible data practices.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Zohra Ibrahimi

Information Security Practice Lead

Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Data Privacy Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading data privacy consulting through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent & Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

Information Security Practice Lead

Delivery Manager

Data Protection Consultant

Security Program Manager

Data Privacy Consultant

GDPR Expert

Data Privacy Consultant

Executive Security Advisor

Zohra Ibrahimi

Information Security Practice Lead

Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations. As Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, she takes a strategic, business-aligned approach—building scalable, results-driven security programs that not only protect critical assets but also enable business growth.

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Experience

15+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

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Experience

9+ Years

Subbu Somasundaram

Verified Expert in Engineering

22+ Years

of Experience

Data Protection Consultant

Subbu is a subject matter expert in information security and has more than 22 years of information technology experience. He has assisted large enterprise customers in the banking, telecommunication, and e-commerce sectors with security transformation, DevSecOps, security architecture, and implementations. Subbu’s security expertise includes AWS, GCP, IAM, enterprise security, data protection, and application security and compliance.

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Vanessa Wood

Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Security Program Manager

Vanessa is an energetic and highly competent Certified Information Systems Security and Project Management Professional (CISSP, PMP). She has spent 10+ years successfully directing complex technical programs for companies like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Boeing. Vanessa also has an excellent track record demonstrating leadership abilities, executive decision-making, complex problem-solving, detailed project planning, and effective communication.

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Mark Castagneri

Verified Expert in Engineering

15+ Years

of Experience

Data Privacy Consultant

Mark is a risk assessor, program manager, security operations engineer, and architect with over 15 years of experience implementing risk reduction initiatives. He has a deep understanding of various security frameworks and tools. Mark has successfully developed budgets, risk-informed roadmaps, and project plans and has led multidisciplinary teams to effectively reduce risks and demonstrate compliance with standards, as confirmed by third-party auditors.

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Demmy Adeyemo

Verified Expert in Engineering

5+ Years

of Experience

GDPR Expert

Demmy is an information security architect with numerous years of experience in systems and security architecture. He has worked with different vendor products and platforms to achieve a cohesive and in-depth defense strategy.

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Joseph Rach

Verified Expert in Engineering

20+ Years

of Experience

Data Privacy Consultant

Joseph is a cybersecurity professional who strives to be well-rounded while maintaining specialties in technical cybersecurity areas where he provides the best return on investment.

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Joe Bagdon

Verified Expert in Engineering

31+ Years

of Experience

Executive Security Advisor

Joe is a seasoned security and infrastructure engineering professional with experience performing application and network assessments, writing and enforcing policies, providing defense for an enterprise environment, and administrating infrastructures. He has in-depth knowledge of information security, information technology, and information warfare. Joe is a competent Python programmer, adding automation and integration that reduces workloads.

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On-demand Talent & Teams

20,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams

Data Privacy Consultant

Data Security Engineer

Security Engineer

Security Architect

Information Security Consultant

Cybersecurity Consultant

Incident Response Consultant

Data Governance Architect

Security Compliance Advisor

Verified Expert in Engineering

35+ Years

of Experience

Data Privacy Consultant

Greg is a seasoned and highly qualified cybersecurity and compliance executive. He has built and led cybersecurity and compliance teams in different healthcare, financial services, and pharmaceutical organizations throughout his career. Greg's proven expertise in technical, administrative, and procedural controls for information protection allows him to help businesses keep their critical information secure, confidential, and intact.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

6+ Years

of Experience

Data Security Engineer

Karanpreet is an experienced data engineer with a solid background in working with multiple leading international enterprise clients across the retail and investment banking domain.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

7+ Years

of Experience

Security Engineer

Nicaury is a security engineer with 7+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, and systems administration. She has worked in fast-paced, remote environments for years, developing excellent communication and leadership skills. Nicaury is a certified professional with proven problem-solving and analytical skills, a fast learning curve, and the ability to adapt to any team.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

12+ Years

of Experience

Security Architect

Mehmet is a software development and cybersecurity specialist with more than 12 years of experience. His recent tasks are evaluating security requirements, defining security architectures, designing and implementing security controls, and coordinating security activities for embedded and back-end systems. Mehmet is passionate about creating and developing secure software systems, cloud computing, IoT, embedded systems, and automotive cybersecurity.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

8+ Years

of Experience

Information Security Consultant

Blessed is a senior information security analyst and engineer with more than 8 years of experience aligning enterprise security architecture, policies, and processes with security standards and frameworks to meet business goals. He specializes in designing and implementing security solutions for enterprise-grade cyberdefense teams and conducting penetration testing. Blessed has also been in red/blue teams, implemented ISO 27001 ISMS, and operated as a security lead in a DevSecOps environment.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

14+ Years

of Experience

Cybersecurity Consultant

Tarun is a software architect who has worked with Fortune 500 clients and enterprise-level companies like Nestlé and Deloitte. He is also a result-oriented Citect SCADA Certified Engineer experienced in leading industrial control systems, SCADA, energy management systems (EMS), and critical infrastructure solution strategy development. As an IRCA Certified ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, Tarun has expertly consulted and audited based on the said ISO framework.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

20+ Years

of Experience

Incident Response Consultant

Christopher is an experienced principal consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the private and public industries. He is skilled in security, software development, enterprise architecture, operations management, IT strategy, cloud computing, and training. As a consulting professional with a doctorate in business administration, Christopher is focused on information systems and enterprise resource management.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

24+ Years

of Experience

Data Governance Architect

Bogdan has 24+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise-level systems, delivering tens of large projects for top organizations in energy, pharma, telco, e-commerce, banking, and the public sector. As a solutions architect, Bogdan can drive a solution from concept to production or provide end-to-end POCs (or MVPs) regarding solution architecture, design, development, and release pipelines.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Security Compliance Advisor

Anurag is an experienced security professional with a strong background in incident handling and threat hunting based on different attack frameworks. He has expertise in Active Directory and cloud security (Azure), utilizing offensive security tools such as Bloodhound to identify and mitigate threats. He's played a key role in the development and deployment of SOC infrastructure. He's delivered training to different tiers of the SOC team on security best practices, compliance, and the cyber threat landscape.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal automates data management to improve efficiency and strengthen data security for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company.

Challenge: The company faced significant challenges in data management and reporting. Manual report generation was time-consuming, inefficient, and posed security risks, hindering timely decision-making.

Solution: Toptal built a test-driven automated reporting solution that cut report generation time from hours to minutes while adding advanced, rigorously tested calculations for chemical risk assessments, delivering both stronger data security and higher analytical accuracy than the company’s previous systems.

Outcome: Toptal streamlined manufacturing operations to improve overall efficiency while integrating CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) table operations that strengthened the company’s ability to manage highly critical data with greater integrity and security.

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

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Michael Figueroa

27 Years of Experience

Michael is a seasoned information security leader with experience at the Advanced Cyber Security Center and Toptal. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in high-tech crime investigations from George Washington University.

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