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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation - the EU's comprehensive framework for personal data protection.
Schedule Consultation → General Data Protection Regulation - the EU's comprehensive framework for personal data protection.
Schedule Consultation →The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union's comprehensive data protection law, applying to any organization that processes personal data of EU residents - regardless of where the organization is based. For SaaS companies with EU customers or users, GDPR compliance isn't optional, and the penalties for non-compliance are severe: up to 4% of annual global turnover or 20 million euros, whichever is higher.
GDPR is built on seven key principles: lawfulness, fairness, and transparency; purpose limitation; data minimization; accuracy; storage limitation; integrity and confidentiality; and accountability. Every data processing activity your organization undertakes must align with these principles and have a valid lawful basis - consent, legitimate interest, contractual necessity, legal obligation, vital interests, or public task.
For SaaS companies, the most challenging GDPR requirements often involve cross-border data transfers (particularly after the Schrems II decision), data subject rights management (responding to access, erasure, and portability requests within 30 days), Data Protection Impact Assessments for high-risk processing, and maintaining Records of Processing Activities that accurately reflect your data flows.
We help organizations move beyond surface-level GDPR compliance - cookie banners and privacy policies - to build comprehensive privacy programs that address the regulation's substantive requirements. Our approach integrates GDPR obligations into your existing operations, making compliance sustainable rather than a periodic scramble.
Establishing and documenting the lawful basis for each processing activity, ensuring data is collected for specified purposes, and implementing consent mechanisms where required.
Implementing processes to handle rights requests - access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection - within the 30-day regulatory timeframe.
Managing international data transfers using appropriate mechanisms - Standard Contractual Clauses, adequacy decisions, or other approved safeguards post-Schrems II.
Conducting DPIAs for processing activities that present high risks to individuals - profiling, large-scale processing, and systematic monitoring.
Maintaining Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), demonstrating compliance through documentation, and establishing Data Protection Officer arrangements where required.
We trace personal data flows through your organization - collection, processing, storage, sharing, and deletion - creating the comprehensive data inventory that GDPR requires.
We analyze each processing activity to determine the appropriate lawful basis, implement consent mechanisms where needed, and document the legal justification for your processing.
We assess your international data flows and implement appropriate transfer mechanisms - SCCs, transfer impact assessments, and supplementary measures to satisfy post-Schrems II requirements.
We build the operational components - DSAR workflows, DPIA procedures, breach notification playbooks, and vendor assessment processes - that make GDPR compliance sustainable.
Every engagement starts with a free call. No pitch, just an honest assessment of where you stand with GDPR.
Book a Free Call →Book a free consultation and we'll scope out your GDPR engagement: timeline, deliverables, and what audit-ready looks like for your team.
Book Your Free Consultation →“I've never met a team who could make compliance as easy, and dare I say FUN!”
Cailey Ryckman, VP of Finance
