GDPR Compliance

Challenges: Limited resources, rapid growth, and lack of structured data protection processes.

Objective: Evaluate existing data protection measures, address vulnerabilities, and establish a roadmap for compliance.

Scoping & Data Mapping: Identified personal data processing activities.

Risk & Impact Assessments: Evaluated risks through Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).

Domain-Specific Audits: Assessed compliance across data collection, security, third-party management, and breach response.

Gap Analysis & Reporting: Identified compliance gaps and provided prioritized recommendations.

Inadequate data subject rights management (e.g., access, erasure requests).

Weak consent management lacking granularity and proper tracking.

Gaps in data security, including encryption and access controls.

Missing GDPR-compliant Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with vendors.

Unstructured data retention policies leading to inconsistent data handling.

Strengthen data subject rights processes for faster request handling.

Enhance consent management by ensuring informed, trackable user consent.

Improve data security with encryption and stricter access controls.

Formalize data processing agreements to ensure third-party compliance.

Implement structured data retention policies to manage data lifecycle effectively.

Improved GDPR compliance by closing security and process gaps.

Enhanced data protection practices strengthened customer trust.

Established a scalable data privacy framework supporting future growth.

This GDPR readiness audit helped the startup implement strong data protection controls, ensuring compliance and positioning the company as a trusted, GDPR-compliant organization. Integrating data protection early ensures long-term security and regulatory success.