154 council activities. Five specialist DPIAs. One tool for every service.
From council tax to children's social care, every activity comes with the usual law named and the usual answers filled in. Choose your council type and see only the services you run.
Hundreds of activities, a small information governance team
Councils run more processing than almost any other organisation, much of it about vulnerable people. Every new system, data share, camera or AI tool can need a DPIA, and the ROPA has to keep up. DPOHub lets service teams do the groundwork, so your information governance team can focus on the high-risk work.
Built for councils, every service, every nation
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Choose your council type and see only your services | No wading through services you do not run |
| 154 council activity templates, with the usual law named | Every service area covered, and the lawful basis starts on the right footing |
| Activities that usually need no DPIA labelled for Quick mode | Low-risk activities recorded in minutes |
| Assess several activities in one service area, one after another | A whole department in one sitting, with shared answers carried over |
| Optional import from your existing ROPA (Excel or CSV) | Build on the work you have already done |
| Council-wide answers for CCTV, RIPA, governance roles and sharing agreements | Answer once, use everywhere |
| Short DPIA route when there is one warning sign | Proportionate records for lower-risk change |
| Five specialist DPIAs that open only when needed | Your highest-risk processing assessed properly |
| Covers county, district, unitary, metropolitan and London borough councils, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland councils, and parish and town councils | One tool, whatever your council |
Start from a ready-made template
Revenues and benefits
Council tax, single person discount reviews, council tax reduction, business rates, housing benefit.
Adult social care
Front door, Care Act assessments, care planning, financial assessments, direct payments, safeguarding.
Children's services
Front door and MASH, early help, child protection, children in care, fostering, adoption.
Education and SEND
School admissions, EHC plans, home-to-school transport, attendance and penalty notices.
Housing
Housing register, homelessness, temporary accommodation, tenancy management, tenancy fraud.
Community safety and licensing
Public space CCTV, anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse and MARAC, Prevent, taxi licensing.
Environment, planning and transport
Waste and assisted collections, fly-tipping, planning, parking enforcement, traffic cameras.
Democracy and corporate
Electoral register, elections, councillors' casework, contact centre, FOI, data breaches, HR, payroll, AI tools for staff.
...and more. 154 templates in total.
Add-on DPIAs that open when needed
CCTV and surveillance DPIA
Public space cameras, control rooms, number plate recognition, body-worn cameras and drones, in line with the Surveillance Camera Code.
Social care and health DPIA
Adult and children's social care and public health records.
Data sharing DPIA
Sharing with partners such as the NHS, police and other councils.
Enforcement and investigations DPIA
Investigations, enforcement and covert surveillance under RIPA.
Analytics, AI and data matching DPIA
Predictive analytics, AI tools and data matching, including the National Fraud Initiative.
Three steps from activity to signed-off DPIA
Pick an activity
Start from one of our templates, such as payroll, CCTV, school admissions or council tax. Your organisation profile fills in the systems, security and policies you use everywhere.
Answer the screening
Part 1 checks the legal triggers and tells you the route: no DPIA, a Short DPIA or a Full DPIA. Each question uses the data protection term, explains it in plain English and gives the law behind it.
Get your outputs
DPOHub calculates the risks, lists the actions, and produces your DPIA report, any add-on DPIAs and your ROPA row, ready for sign-off.
Your data never leaves your organisation
DPOHub DPIA runs entirely in your web browser. Nothing you type is sent to DPOHub or anyone else. You keep your work as project files in your own OneDrive or SharePoint.
- No accounts, no cookies, no analytics
- Optional password protection with strong (AES-256) encryption
- Licensed to your organisation and hosted by you
- Works in Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, on desktop, tablet and phone
Frequently asked questions
We already have a ROPA. Do we start again?
No. Import your existing ROPA from Excel or CSV and build on it.
Can service teams use it without the IG team?
Yes. Questions are in plain English, and the tool flags where the DPO or IG team should check. If you have a DPO, they will access this. If you do not, DPOHub can help: contact consult@dpohub.co.uk
Does it work for parish and town councils?
Yes. Choose your council type and only the activities a parish or town council runs are shown.
Does it cover Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Yes. It notes where the law, the regulator or the organisation responsible differs.
Is resident data sent to DPOHub?
No. Everything stays on your council's systems.
Get every service's DPIAs under control
Contact us to find out how the Councils edition works for your authority.
Advice only. DPOHub DPIA and its results are guidance, not legal advice. Every organisation and every situation can be different, so check the answers and results before you rely on them, and ask your DPO. If you have a DPO, they will access this. If you do not, DPOHub can help: contact consult@dpohub.co.uk