[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fYN7_vDLF4ENfyMOYl95FZEDUU2Wjg0LGOiczXVxJWlE":3},{"tableOfContents":4,"markDownContent":5,"htmlContent":6,"metaTitle":7,"metaDescription":8,"wordCount":9,"readTime":10,"title":11,"nbDownloads":12,"excerpt":13,"lang":14,"url":15,"intro":16,"featured":4,"state":17,"author":18,"authorId":19,"datePublication":25,"dateCreation":26,"dateUpdate":27,"mainCategory":28,"categories":60,"metaDatas":71,"imageUrl":72,"imageThumbUrls":73,"id":81},false,"## Can you introduce yourself?\r\n\r\nI'm **Nicolas Devoucoux**, and I’ve been the **Data Protection Officer (DPO)** at the Nièvre Departmental Public Service Management Center (CDG 58) for just over a year.\r\n\r\nI come from an unconventional background—having worked as a professional firefighter and a surveyor before becoming a DPO. Despite the variety, one thread connects all these roles: a focus on the **acquisition, enhancement, dissemination, and now protection of data**.\r\n\r\n## What is your role as a DPO?\r\n\r\nMy main role is to **assist the public institution in achieving GDPR compliance**: this includes raising awareness among staff about the protection of personal data, setting up procedures to ensure transparency and access to rights, as well as creating and managing the register of processing activities and associated compliance action plans.\r\n\r\nAnother important part of my work is preparing the future **General Interest Group**, scheduled to launch in January 2023, by helping it build its **data protection governance from the ground up**—with a strong emphasis on **Privacy by Design**.\r\n\r\n## Why did you choose Dastra?\r\n\r\nWe chose **Dastra** because it’s a **comprehensive, all-in-one platform** that brings together all the pillars of GDPR compliance, including:\r\n\r\n- The record of processing activities\r\n- Risk analysis\r\n- Action plan management\r\n- Data subject request\r\n- Data breach reporting\r\n\r\nI appreciate the **intuitiveness** of the platform: each step is clearly structured, and the activity creation flow is both logical and user-friendly.\r\n\r\nI also appreciate the extensive customization options, which make Dastra adaptable to a wide variety of DPO expectations and organizational needs.\r\n\r\nFinally, collaborative work is facilitated. Information flows are present at various stages ([registers](/en/data-processing), [GDPR audits](/en/audit), [data subject requests](/en/data-subject-requests), [data breaches](/en/data-breach)).\r\n\r\n> *I also appreciate the extensive customization options, which demonstrate Dastra's adaptability to the various expectations of DPOs.*\r\n\r\n## What were your objectives?\r\n\r\nThe main objective was to centralize all compliance-related documents within a single platform, easily accessible to our colleagues. Previously, we were juggling spreadsheets, reports, and contractual documents across multiple tools. It quickly became clear that this fragmented setup was unsustainable.\r\n\r\nA **secondary objective** was to **simplify document updates**. Updating one document often had a ripple effect across others—a source of inefficiency we needed to eliminate.\r\n\r\n> *It quickly became clear that managing different documents (spreadsheets, reports, contractual documents) in a fragmented set up would be problematic.*\r\n\r\n## What challenges were you facing before Dastra?\r\n\r\nThe main challenge was the **scattered presence of many documents for each data processing activity**. Exchanges were mainly carried out by email, which further complicated the creation process. Therefore, a **collaborative tool** was needed to facilitate the involvement of colleagues in the project.\r\n\r\n## How was your onboarding experience with Dastra?\r\n\r\nIt is **very easy** to familiarize yourself with the Dastra environment. The menus are **intuitive**, and the dashboard is highly useful. The three support sessions are a real plus because the exchanges with the Dastra team allow for a better understanding of everyone's challenges. That personalized support saved us a great deal of time.\r\n\r\n> *Exchanges with the Dastra team allow for a better understanding of everyone's challenges.*\r\n\r\n## What was your decision-making process?\r\n\r\nI **tested several platforms over a month** and conducted a **comparative analysis** to find the best match for our needs. Dastra came out ahead in terms of functionality, user experience, and value.\r\n\r\n## What benefits have you gained from using Dastra?\r\n\r\nDastra is **the GDPR platform**. It enables us to move quickly, with full confidence that no step is overlooked.\r\n\r\n> *Dastra has become essential for carrying out action plans.*\r\n\r\nProcesses are created directly with colleagues, without relying on outdated pre-forms or other scattered \"in-house\" spreadsheets.\r\n\r\nDastra has become essential for carrying out action plans and monitoring tasks assigned to colleagues. The platform simplifies exchanges and allows for better responsiveness, and brought clarity to every stage of the process.\r\n\r\n**The audit functionalities, whether customized or not, are a real plus**. Once again, they can be sent to our subcontractors and employees to define risk levels and corrective actions to be taken.","\u003Ch2 id=\"can-you-introduce-yourself\">Can you introduce yourself?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>I'm \u003Cstrong>Nicolas Devoucoux\u003C/strong>, and I’ve been the \u003Cstrong>Data Protection Officer (DPO)\u003C/strong> at the Nièvre Departmental Public Service Management Center (CDG 58) for just over a year.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>I come from an unconventional background—having worked as a professional firefighter and a surveyor before becoming a DPO. Despite the variety, one thread connects all these roles: a focus on the \u003Cstrong>acquisition, enhancement, dissemination, and now protection of data\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-is-your-role-as-a-dpo\">What is your role as a DPO?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>My main role is to \u003Cstrong>assist the public institution in achieving GDPR compliance\u003C/strong>: this includes raising awareness among staff about the protection of personal data, setting up procedures to ensure transparency and access to rights, as well as creating and managing the register of processing activities and associated compliance action plans.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>Another important part of my work is preparing the future \u003Cstrong>General Interest Group\u003C/strong>, scheduled to launch in January 2023, by helping it build its \u003Cstrong>data protection governance from the ground up\u003C/strong>—with a strong emphasis on \u003Cstrong>Privacy by Design\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"why-did-you-choose-dastra\">Why did you choose Dastra?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>We chose \u003Cstrong>Dastra\u003C/strong> because it’s a \u003Cstrong>comprehensive, all-in-one platform\u003C/strong> that brings together all the pillars of GDPR compliance, including:\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cul>\r\n\u003Cli>The record of processing activities\u003C/li>\r\n\u003Cli>Risk analysis\u003C/li>\r\n\u003Cli>Action plan management\u003C/li>\r\n\u003Cli>Data subject request\u003C/li>\r\n\u003Cli>Data breach reporting\u003C/li>\r\n\u003C/ul>\r\n\u003Cp>I appreciate the \u003Cstrong>intuitiveness\u003C/strong> of the platform: each step is clearly structured, and the activity creation flow is both logical and user-friendly.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>I also appreciate the extensive customization options, which make Dastra adaptable to a wide variety of DPO expectations and organizational needs.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>Finally, collaborative work is facilitated. Information flows are present at various stages (\u003Ca href=\"/en/data-processing\">registers\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"/en/audit\">GDPR audits\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"/en/data-subject-requests\">data subject requests\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"/en/data-breach\">data breaches\u003C/a>).\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>I also appreciate the extensive customization options, which demonstrate Dastra's adaptability to the various expectations of DPOs.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\r\n\u003C/blockquote>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-were-your-objectives\">What were your objectives?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>The main objective was to centralize all compliance-related documents within a single platform, easily accessible to our colleagues. Previously, we were juggling spreadsheets, reports, and contractual documents across multiple tools. It quickly became clear that this fragmented setup was unsustainable.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>A \u003Cstrong>secondary objective\u003C/strong> was to \u003Cstrong>simplify document updates\u003C/strong>. Updating one document often had a ripple effect across others—a source of inefficiency we needed to eliminate.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>It quickly became clear that managing different documents (spreadsheets, reports, contractual documents) in a fragmented set up would be problematic.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\r\n\u003C/blockquote>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-challenges-were-you-facing-before-dastra\">What challenges were you facing before Dastra?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>The main challenge was the \u003Cstrong>scattered presence of many documents for each data processing activity\u003C/strong>. Exchanges were mainly carried out by email, which further complicated the creation process. Therefore, a \u003Cstrong>collaborative tool\u003C/strong> was needed to facilitate the involvement of colleagues in the project.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"how-was-your-onboarding-experience-with-dastra\">How was your onboarding experience with Dastra?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>It is \u003Cstrong>very easy\u003C/strong> to familiarize yourself with the Dastra environment. The menus are \u003Cstrong>intuitive\u003C/strong>, and the dashboard is highly useful. The three support sessions are a real plus because the exchanges with the Dastra team allow for a better understanding of everyone's challenges. That personalized support saved us a great deal of time.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Exchanges with the Dastra team allow for a better understanding of everyone's challenges.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\r\n\u003C/blockquote>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-was-your-decision-making-process\">What was your decision-making process?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>I \u003Cstrong>tested several platforms over a month\u003C/strong> and conducted a \u003Cstrong>comparative analysis\u003C/strong> to find the best match for our needs. Dastra came out ahead in terms of functionality, user experience, and value.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-benefits-have-you-gained-from-using-dastra\">What benefits have you gained from using Dastra?\u003C/h2>\r\n\u003Cp>Dastra is \u003Cstrong>the GDPR platform\u003C/strong>. It enables us to move quickly, with full confidence that no step is overlooked.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Dastra has become essential for carrying out action plans.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\r\n\u003C/blockquote>\r\n\u003Cp>Processes are created directly with colleagues, without relying on outdated pre-forms or other scattered \"in-house\" spreadsheets.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>Dastra has become essential for carrying out action plans and monitoring tasks assigned to colleagues. The platform simplifies exchanges and allows for better responsiveness, and brought clarity to every stage of the process.\u003C/p>\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The audit functionalities, whether customized or not, are a real plus\u003C/strong>. Once again, they can be sent to our subcontractors and employees to define risk levels and corrective actions to be taken.\u003C/p>\r\n",null,"Nicolas Devoucoux, Data Protection Officer of the Departmental Public Service Management Center of Nièvre (58)",674,4,"Why Dastra Is Now Indispensable for Our GDPR Compliance",0,"","en","why-dastra-is-now-indispensable-for-our-gdpr-compliance","Discover their testimonial: Nicolas Devoucoux, Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the Nièvre Departmental Public Service Management Center (CDG 58).","Published",{"id":19,"displayName":20,"avatarUrl":21,"bio":22,"blogUrl":23,"color":7,"userId":19,"creationDate":24},31,"Jérôme de Mercey","https://static.dastra.eu/tenant-10/avatar/31/Zuh7XFZe5EnnTo/design-sans-titre-2-150.png","COO/cofounder","https://www.dastra.eu","2021-11-15T12:57:57","2022-03-22T09:02:00","2025-04-18T14:25:41.4138297","2025-08-13T14:06:30.3272744",{"id":10,"name":29,"description":30,"url":31,"color":32,"parentId":33,"count":7,"imageUrl":7,"parent":34,"order":49,"translations":50},"Use cases","Discover how companies use Dastra to manage their GDPR compliance. 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