Summary:
A German company offers "Software as a Service" (SaaS) for SMEs to comply with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The products and services cover technical and organisational aspects of GDPR, are available in English, German and Japanese and are complemented by multi-lingual data protection officer (DPO) services. The company is seeking co-operation with international law firms and interested in distribution services, joint venture, license and services agreement.
Description:
The German company was founded by a team of international IT professionals with more than 20 years of experience. Since then various products have been developed according technological, societal and legal advancement. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest revision in European IT law in over 20 years and requires tighter data protection measures, also for non-EU companies doing business in or with EU member states. The company offers servers, virtual infrastructure and SaaS tools to make the transition to compliance easier for SME. Apart from the GDPR, these IT services help improve process and resource management for companies. These IT services, which are specifically written as recommendations in the GDPR, include managed hosting in Germany, access monitoring, encryption, anonymisation, pseudonymisation as well as documentation. Multilingual (English, German, Japanese) Data Protection Officers (DPO) are available for complementary consultation. The reason for requesting a distribution agreement is that the company doesn't have an office in Japan yet and since they know how important the direct contact and customer support is especially in Japan, they would be happy to find a distributor. The reason for joint venture agreements requested is in order to achieve a better market fit and faster market entry. Concerning license agreements, the company is now in discussion with other partners about “white labelling” their product. And considering services agreements, the company is planning to offer service-level-agreements (SLAs) with several tiers together with local service partners.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
The company is looking for international law firms with Japanese clients as well as companies that provide support to Japanese companies expanding to Europe.
Concerning the different partnerships considered:
1. Distribution service agreements: As the company doesn't have an office in Japan yet and since they know how important the direct contact and customer support is especially in Japan, they would be happy to find a distributor.
2. Joint venture agreements: In order to achieve a better market fit and faster market entry the company is considering to partner up with a Japanese company that has a good standing in the market already and offers complementary products.
3. License agreement: Another option, the company is now in discussion with legal firms with, is the “white labelling” of their product. This could also be relevant for Japanese companies wishing to integrate the product with their corporate design.
4. Services agreement: This refers to service providers in legal and compliance. The company is planning to offer service-level-agreements (SLAs) with several tiers together with local service partners.
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought:
The company seeks expertise in the EU and international law sector as well as B2B sales experts for the Japanese market.
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
Comments Regarding Stage of Development:
Products are readily available and constantly updated with the latest developments in the GDPR.
IPR Status:
Trade Marks,Copyright
External code:
BODE20170731001
