👋 Inna Gendelman
I am Group DPO, Mentor, Speaker & much more!
I am an in Germany educated Privacy Lawyer, working fulltime as Group DPO for a German DAX Tech Company with 10 years expirience in the privacy and business field. Besides I am a freelance business mentor, motivating and lifting up souls with a similar path like me and creator of an online-course for privacy leaders, which makes their privacy life easier and much more creative. I speak on conferences and events.
I am located in Berlin & working abroad a lot. Feeling absolutely comfortable in German, Russian & English.
You are experienced.
You understand GDPR.
You handle complex questions every day.
And still, your work is driven by:
• incoming requests
• constant prioritization by others
• unclear boundaries
• little time for what actually matters
You solve problems. But you don’t fully own the system.
At some point, this stops being a knowledge problem.
It becomes a structural one.
The difference between a reactive role and a leadership role is not more expertise.
It is:
how you design the system around you.
This is where I work. Not on legal theory.
But on how the role actually functions inside an organization.
How you:
• build a system that works for you
• distribute responsibility
• create visibility and trust
• move from reacting to shaping
This is not a standard program.
Every situation is different. But the work often includes:
• structuring your first 3 months and a plan beyond
• building your internal network
• defining your role and positioning
• creating a system that scales with your organization
For privacy professionals and DPOs who:
• have experience but want ownership
• feel the limits of reactive work
• want to build something sustainable
• are ready to step into a leadership role
Bringing together what belongs together.
Everything I offer is connected. Whether it’s privacy training, mentorship, or public speaking. My work is about bringing truth, clarity, and inspiration into professional life. Because when you grow, your work grows with you. Personality protection and personality developement go hand in hand.
Online-course
Online-Course for Privacy Leaders
Data protection is no one-man show. And it’s time we stopped pretending it could be. What if the most powerful resource for data protection isn’t legal expertise, a tool or budget but the people already inside your organization?
1:1 Mentoring
Business & Life Mentoring
Sometimes we know what needs to be done – and still don't do it. My mentoring combines strategy with inner attitude to turn knowledge into action. It is the perfect accompaniment to the online course, for example when setting up a DPC network or a data protection academy. In just a few sessions, we create clarity, focus, and real results.
My mentoring is also aimed at anyone who wants to lead with a sense of purpose, self-confidence, and wholeness—not just data protection professionals. Because your personality always plays a role, whether as an obstacle or a source of strength.
Speaking
Speaking
I occasionally speak at conferences and professional events, sharing practical perspectives on building and leading data protection systems and becoming a Privacy Leader.
Upcoming engagements will be published here.
At the same time, I often support professionals who want to step into speaking themselves, whether it is identifying the right platforms, positioning their topic, or preparing a contribution that reflects both their expertise and their voice.
My Online Course
How to build a living Academy for Data Protection Coordinators and make data protection everyones business within a company. This is for Privacy Professionals who want to become visible corporate intrapreneurs.
1:1 Mentoring
You don't just want to know how to do it – you want to find the courage to actually do it? My mentoring supports you in turning strategies into results. Whether as a supplement to my online course or for your own unique path. For data protection professionals and anyone who wants to lead with purpose, confidence, and depth.
Events & Colaborations
Speaking on events and conferences to privacy related topics - focusing on empowering the people behind DPMS. Giving the spark for inspiration and action. Open for creative partnerships.
Online-Course:
Knowledge transfer as key to a functioning DPMS
Three-part online course that helps privacy leaders become designers of data protection management systems. Establishing a strong network of data protection coordinators, their managers, and a data protection academy for them leads to a new self-image: data protection is the business of the entire company, not just the data protection officer.
💡 I already know that it works, and I'll show you how you can easily implement it too.
🎁 Free Gift - "Data Protection with clarity: Getting Executives on Board"
- Free sample - 47 Minutes - view now. -
Find out how to get executives on board and position data protection smartly in this webinar. 🫴 What you can expect:
✔ Why data protection is a business issue – and not just a compliance obligation.
✔ How to raise awareness of data protection among executives and secure their support.
✔ Live demo: A practical presentation that you can use directly for your management team.
✔ Space for exchange and community building: We don't just talk about data protection, but also about values, leadership, and clarity in professional life.
The 3-part Course
You learn:
👯👯♂️ How do you build a network of data protection coordinators?
👥👥 How do you involve managers in the selection and motivation process?
🏫🧑🎓 How do you set up an internal data protection academy?
🫁🫀 How do you implement a living DPMS in just one year?
Online-Course Overview: Content
6 Minutes - free - view now.
No worries, I don't speak that fast ;). This video is on double speed - the others are not.
Part 1: How do I build a network of data protection coordinators (DPCs)?
- 49 min. - Access only after purchase
🫴 Why DPCs are the backbone of a functioning DPMS
🫴 Who data protection managers (DPMs) actually are – and why they are so crucial
🫴 What personal skills a DPC should have
🫴 How to nominate DPCs in an appreciative manner
🫴 And how to make the new team visible and effective internally – among the DPCs themselves, among managers, and throughout the company
💡 Highlight: a live demo of a kick-off workshop for DPCs – a concrete format for introducing them to their new role.
Part 2: How do I found an internal data protection academy and create trainings specificly for DPCs?
- 33 min - Access only after purchase -
👉 How to visibly announce a data protection academy
👉 How to develop a structured annual program consisting of training and practical implementation
👉 Which modules, content, and schedules make sense
👉 Why DPCs can play a role not only in RoPA & service provider management, but also in privacy by design, awareness, DPIA, information obligations, deletion concepts, etc., if they are integrated correctly
💡 Highlight: Presentation of the annual DPC guide
Part 3 : How do I implement a learning-system which does not only deliver knowledge-transfer but also culture?
- 47 min. Access only after purchase -
🗣️ Communication as a cultural foundation: e.g., DPC chats, trusting spaces, spontaneous closeness to the DPO
🤝 Culture through events: certificate awarding, gratitude formats, hands-on workshops
🎁 Culture through benefits: qualification, visibility, internal recognition
✨ The highlight was the live demo of a DPC gratitude event with many creative elements for inspiration.
What you will gain – the added value of the entire webinar series:
🔑 For you as a data protection leader:
👉 From reacting to shaping: strategic, creative, visible
👉 Build your own DPC team & internal network
👉 A year-long project with structure, impact & depth
👉 Data protection will be associated with you and finally become visible in the company
👉 You will become a sought-after contact person: Issues come to you
👉 You strengthen awareness, relationships, and attitudes within the company
🏢 For the company:
👉 Data protection is broadly anchored: no more one-man shows
👉 Less risk, more quality, and a greater sense of responsibility
👉 More motivation and ownership among all those involved
👉 A lively, structured DPMS—independent of tools
👉 And a real push for compliance, culture, and collaboration
💰Your investment & price overview:
Each part of the webinar series can be purchased individually or as a discounted package.
Individual price per part: 179,00 €
(includes presentation as a PDF and 12 months' access to the video recording via YouTube)
Complete package (all 3 parts):
current promotional price: 399,00 € (regular price is 500,00 €)
(includes all presentations as PDFs and 12 months' access to all video recordings)
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1:1 Mentoring
From knowledge to action – a mentor who makes real results possible
(Data protection) professionals are multi-talented, have a wide range of responsibilities, and juggle tasks, roles, and requirements on a daily basis.
They often know exactly what needs to be done to make things easier – but the how, the construction of a system that works by itself, gets lost in everyday life.
Because understanding something does not necessarily mean you can implement it.
When you want to change structures, initiate new processes, or get people on board, you need more than theory:
You need the right attitude, clarity, trust, and motivation.
This is exactly where my mentoring comes in.
It's the perfect complement to my online course if, for example, you want to work on your specific implementation in a targeted and precise manner:
Would you like to build a network of data protection coordinators?
Set up an internal data protection academy?
Establish events within your company and become more visible yourself?
Then two to three mentoring sessions are often just the right format to turn your ideas into real results.
At the same time, my mentoring is not limited to data protection.
Ultimately, everything we bring with us is reflected in our work—either as a repetition of old patterns or as an opportunity for growth.
That's why I also support people who want to shape their professional role from a new depth—where personality, meaning, and profession are no longer separate.
This is business and life mentoring. All in one.
We work together on:
- Reconnecting you with your clarity, focus, and leadership energy
- An attitude that transforms responsibility into creativity
- And the confidence that it's okay to be yourself – at work and beyond
My goal: to support you not with pressure, but with vision and structure.
So that you don't just think about what's inside you – you actually realize it.
Imprint
Information according to §5 TMG (German Law):
Responsible for the website:
Inna Gendelman Solutions.
Inna Gendelman
Rückerstr. 7
10119 Berlin
Email: call@gendelman.de
Managing Director: Inna Gendelman
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Inna Gendelman, Rückerstr. 7, 10119 Berlin
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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 8 July 2025
I, Inna Gendelman, am responsible for this website (created using One Page) and for the integrated analytics and video services. The protection of your personal data is very important to me. I treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy notice.
Below I inform you about how I process your personal data when you visit my website or contact me by email.
1. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Inna Gendelman
Address: Rückerstr. 7, 10119 Berlin
Email: call@gendelman.de
2. What data do I process and how?
2.1 Contact
If you write me an email or contact me via a contact form, I will process the data you provide (e.g., name, email address, message) to respond to your inquiry.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR (contract fulfillment or legitimate interest in handling your inquiry).
2.2 Website Tracking
When you visit my website, technically necessary cookies are set. Additionally, you can consent to the use of statistical cookies via the cookie banner.
Necessary cookies: These are required for the operation of the website and cannot be disabled.
Statistical cookies: These help me to better understand the use of the website. I use One Page Analytics, which is integrated into the website builder I use. The data collected is anonymized and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about individual persons.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (your consent).
You can revoke or change your consent at any time in the cookie-settings.
2.3 Integration of YouTube Videos
I have embedded videos on my website that are hosted on the YouTube platform (a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). When a page containing such a video is accessed, a connection is established to YouTube's servers – possibly in the USA.
The storage of information on your device is based on § 25(1) TDDDG (ePrivacy Directive).
When playing the video, data such as your IP address and usage data may be transmitted to YouTube. If you are logged into your Google account, YouTube may associate this information with your profile.
More information: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
2.5 Email Address for Access to the Online Course on YouTube
My online course is provided via unlisted YouTube videos. To grant you access to the content as a purchaser, I use the email address you provided during purchase to authorize access via YouTube. This email address is transmitted to Google (YouTube).
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract fulfillment), and possibly Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).
If you do not want your email address to be transmitted to YouTube, please contact me before purchase. In that case, we will find an alternative way to provide the content (e.g., via cloud link or direct download).
3. Is data processed outside the EU?
I use services that may involve data processing in third countries such as the USA (e.g., YouTube, One Page Analytics).
If this is the case, your data is transferred either: on the basis of an adequacy decision of the EU Commission (e.g., under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework), or using the Standard Contractual Clauses provided by the EU Commission. I always ensure an appropriate level of data protection with my service providers.
4. How long is your data stored?
I only store your personal data for as long as necessary for the respective purpose. For example:
Email inquiries are deleted after communication has been completed.
Cookies are stored according to your consent or deleted upon revocation.
Email addresses for course access are stored as long as access to course content is required.
5. What rights do you have?
You have the following rights under the GDPR:
Access: You can request information about the data stored about you.
Rectification: You can request the correction of incorrect or incomplete data.
Erasure: You can request the deletion of your data unless there are legal retention obligations. Restriction: You have the right to restrict the processing under certain conditions.
Objection: You can object to data processing based on your particular situation.
Data portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used format.
Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
Contact for privacy inquiries: call@gendelman.de