Prepare a GDPR audit
Structure your data protection compliance before an audit or an incident forces you to.
Try for freeA GDPR audit assesses an organization's actual compliance with the European data protection regulation, beyond simply having a privacy policy on a website. It covers the record of processing activities, the legal bases invoked, processor management and the ability to respond to data subject requests.
Most non-conformities found during an audit are not about complex cases, but about missing documentary basics: a record never updated, an unidentified legal basis, improperly collected consent.
The record of processing activities, the foundational document
The record of processing activities lists, for each activity involving personal data, its purpose, the data concerned, recipients and retention period. Without this document kept up to date, an organization can neither demonstrate compliance nor identify its highest-risk processing activities.
Anticipating the most frequently overlooked obligations
Certain obligations are often neglected for lack of a formalized procedure: notifying a data breach within 72 hours, contractually governing processors, carrying out a DPIA for high-risk processing.
- Complete, up-to-date record of processing activities
- Legal basis identified for each processing activity
- Data processing agreements governing vendors
- Data breach notification procedure
- DPIA carried out for high-risk processing
Structuring compliance with a dedicated diagnostic
A structured GDPR diagnostic lets an organization, with or without a dedicated DPO, objectively measure its compliance domain by domain and prioritize corrective action before a regulator's inspection or a demanding client's request.
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Frequently asked questions
Does a small business need to appoint a DPO?
Appointing one is mandatory for certain organizations (public sector, large-scale processing) and strongly recommended for others, often through a part-time outsourced DPO.
What is the main risk of non-compliance?
Beyond financial penalties, the most frequent risk is losing the trust of clients or partners demanding on this topic, notably during tenders.
How long does an internal GDPR audit take?
With a diagnostic structured by domain, a first complete assessment can be done in a few hours, then refined with the relevant teams.
What should be prioritized if the record of processing activities does not exist yet?
Creating it is the essential first step: without it, no other compliance effort can be effectively structured.
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