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Data Privacy and the GDPR

Expert Data Privacy Services and GDPR Support

GDPR and data privacy are not just mandatory for organisations across the globe, but often viewed as restrictive. Our GDPR compliance services and data privacy services help organisations meet their legal obligations while turning compliance into a competitive advantage – opening doors to new business opportunities.

Why this solution matters

Practical Support

Practical GDPR compliance support and GDPR consultancy services that support business objectives

Trusted by 7,600 organisations

We've delivered over 24,000 privacy projects across 7,600 organisations worldwide. We've trained over 6,800 professionals on the GDPR and have over 90,000 users of our GDPR elearning.

Regulatory Assurance

Fulfil your regulatory obligations

Real Consequences

Over €6bn in GDPR fines issued so far, at an average of €2.5m per fine

Data privacy training

Over 6800 professionals trained on the GDPR. Data privacy and data protection training courses created and delivered by data protection experts. Our courses are available as classroom, live online or self-paced so that you can learn in a way that suits you.

Data privacy audit

Our privacy audits help you identify compliance gaps, reduce regulatory risk, and strengthen accountability across your organisation and supply chain with clear reporting to support internal governance and regulator expectations. Privacy audit examples:

Supply Chain Audit

CCTV Audit for Data Protection

Data Supplier Audit

Data Licencing Audit

Membership Audit

DSP Toolkit Audit

Security Audit

Data Seeding

Get ongoing visibility of how your data is handled

See what happens to your data after it’s shared – and act immediately if something doesn’t look right.
Data seeding involves adding synthetic data, often called honey tokens, to a dataset so you can monitor how that data is used.
Each unique profile helps prove data ownership, allowing you to spot unexpected use and raise concerns with staff, suppliers, or customers.
Under the GDPR, organisations must have measures in place to protect their data assets. Data seeding is a simple, cost-effective way to strengthen your data protection strategy.

Application testing

GDPR Documentation Toolkit

Accelerate your data privacy compliance project with 50+ customisable GDPR and DPA 2018 documentation templates.

GDPR and data privacy FAQ

You must comply with the GDPR if your organisation processes personal data and is based in the UK or EU. This is the case whether you are in the public sector, private sector or are charity or non-profit. The GDPR also applies if you are based outside the UK or EU but process the personal data of anyone located in those territories.

The UK GDPR and EU GDPR are separate but similar legislations, and both are mandatory if you are within scope; non-compliance can lead to severe fines and other disciplinary measures.

Data Protection Act compliance is interconnected with UK GDPR compliance.

As such, you must comply with the Data Protection Act if your organisation processes personal data and is based in the UK, and when processing personal data of people in the UK, regardless of where your organisation is based.

The GDPR provides the baseline for data protection requirements, whereas the Data Protection Act applies these standards to UK law and provides additional rules and clarifications.

Anyone whose job involves processing personal data is required by law to undergo appropriate training.

According to the GDPR, controllers and processors must designate a DPO in three specific situations:

  • When the processing is carried out by a public authority or body
  • When core activities require regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale
  • When core activities involve large-scale processing of special categories of data or personal data relating to criminal convictions and offenses

Organisations that are subject to the EU GDPR can use Europrivacy to formally certify that their data processing activities comply with data protection law.

Under the UK GDPR, the Information Commissioner’s Office has approved several certification schemes, which validate compliance with specific data protection activities rather than the entire organisation and its GDPR compliance practices.

In both cases, certification is voluntary. It builds trust and provides assurances that you are following best practice, but regulators do not require you certify to prove that you are compliant.

Organisations can use ISO 27001 (information security management) and ISO 27701 (privacy management) to support their data protection practices. These standards are especially useful when implementing technical and organisational controls to protect personal data, and when managing data subject rights.

Following these frameworks will give you a solid foundation for data protection, but they do not cover your full GDPR requirements.

We will do our best to work within your timelines according to the urgency of the project (such as DSARs), often within 24 hours after the contract is signed.

You’ll have two contacts – your salesperson and your consultant (if applicable), ensuring you can get the information you need throughout the engagement.

We can support you regardless of the amount of help needed. Our solutions are designed to help everyone, from customers wanting to achieve GDPR compliance independently through to those who need a fully managed service. Each quote is tailored to your specfiications.

Need help with data privacy compliance?

GRC Solutions supports organisations in building effective data privacy practices and meeting GDPR requirements in a practical, proportionate way.

We help you assess current maturity, reduce regulatory and operational risk, and put the right governance, policies, and controls in place to demonstrate accountability.

If you need clear advice and hands on support to improve your privacy programme, speak to our team.

✅ Practical support across data privacy and GDPR compliance
✅ Reduce risk with clear governance and effective controls
✅ Build trust through stronger accountability and transparency