IOLIS: AI Governance & Data Protection Consultancy
IOLIS is a UK consultancy providing AI governance and data protection advisory services to commercial organisations and regulated bodies. We help boards and senior teams put in place the policies, oversight structures, and decision-making processes needed to use AI and personal data lawfully, proportionately, and with confidence.
Our advice is independent, practical, and grounded in law and operational reality – not vendor-driven, and not one-size-fits-all.
Let’s discuss what support will make the greatest difference to your organisation.
What does an AI governance and data protection consultancy do?
IOLIS advises organisations on two related disciplines: governing the use of AI systems, and complying with data protection law. Both sit within the same underlying skill – identifying risk, building proportionate controls, and giving boards and management the assurance they need to make defensible decisions. We work across two core service areas.
AI Governance
Practical governance for organisations using generative AI, third-party AI platforms, or more structured deployments involving automation and agentic tools. This includes acceptable use policies, AI risk and impact assessments, governance frameworks, system registers, deployment sign-off, and incident response arrangements.
Data Protection
DPO services, DPIAs, privacy notice and policy review, and advice on compliance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 – including where personal data is used in or alongside AI-enabled systems.
Why AI governance matters now
AI already appears across everyday organisational practice – in drafting, research, customer communication, internal administration, decision support, and outsourced software tools. For most organisations, the question is no longer whether AI will be used, but how to use it safely and with proper oversight.
The risk is rarely dramatic failure. More often it is quieter than that – a tool sounds authoritative, appears to cite sources, or produces plausible work product, and comes to be relied upon before anyone has properly checked or governed it. Good governance helps organisations ask the right questions before that reliance becomes routine.
Who we work with
We work with commercial organisations, regulated bodies, and public interest organisations that want to make sensible use of AI and personal data without losing sight of accountability or legal obligations. This includes organisations building out data protection arrangements for the first time, and those that already have strong data protection practice and now need to extend that thinking into AI.
Our approach
We look at how tools and data are actually being used, who is responsible for them, what risks they create, what safeguards are in place, and what boards or senior teams need in order to exercise proper oversight.
We are independent and not tied to any software vendor. We do not assume every organisation needs the same level of process – some need a light-touch framework and clear staff boundaries, others need more formal structures, registers, assessments, and reporting. Our job is to work out which, and build it with you.
Talk to us
If your organisation is beginning to use AI tools, reviewing its current data protection position, or looking for proportionate governance across either, we would be happy to discuss what support would be most useful. Find the best way to contact us here.