The GDPR establishes strict requirements for processing personal data of EU residents. We help organizations understand their obligations, implement compliant data processing practices, and build privacy programs that satisfy regulators and customers.
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.
Key areas of GDPR.
Lawful Basis & Purpose Limitation
Establishing and documenting the lawful basis for each processing activity, ensuring data is collected for specified purposes, and implementing consent mechanisms where required.
Data Subject Rights
Implementing processes to handle rights requests - access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection - within the 30-day regulatory timeframe.
Cross-Border Data Transfers
Managing international data transfers using appropriate mechanisms - Standard Contractual Clauses, adequacy decisions, or other approved safeguards post-Schrems II.
Data Protection Impact Assessments
Conducting DPIAs for processing activities that present high risks to individuals - profiling, large-scale processing, and systematic monitoring.
Accountability & Documentation
Maintaining Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), demonstrating compliance through documentation, and establishing Data Protection Officer arrangements where required.
How we help with GDPR.
Hands-on expertise from practitioners who've guided dozens of organizations through GDPR compliance.
Data Mapping & Processing Inventory
We trace personal data flows through your organization - collection, processing, storage, sharing, and deletion - creating the comprehensive data inventory that GDPR requires.
Lawful Basis Assessment
We analyze each processing activity to determine the appropriate lawful basis, implement consent mechanisms where needed, and document the legal justification for your processing.
Transfer Mechanism Implementation
We assess your international data flows and implement appropriate transfer mechanisms - SCCs, transfer impact assessments, and supplementary measures to satisfy post-Schrems II requirements.
Operational Privacy Program
We build the operational components - DSAR workflows, DPIA procedures, breach notification playbooks, and vendor assessment processes - that make GDPR compliance sustainable.
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