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Our GDPR audit services evaluate your organisation’s compliance with UK GDPR, EU GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and PECR, while also aligning with recognised security standards (including ISO27001) and best practices in emerging technologies, including AI. Our GDPR audit approach provides assurance and clarity on your current compliance position.
Whether you’re seeking a high-level GDPR compliance audit, or a comprehensive data protection audit services review, our GDPR audit consultants in the UK deliver an extensive report and clear, actionable roadmap. This gives you a thorough understanding of your current compliance position, alongside pragmatic remedial advice and recommendations to minimise risk.
Completing an external GDPR audit helps you identify vulnerabilities, mitigate risk, and support compliance, alongside providing assurance to the board. Provided by experienced data protection consultants, a GDPR audit can help establish trust with existing employees, customers, and new prospects. It can also help raise awareness internally and promote best practice within your organisation, resulting in cultural and holistic improvements that extend beyond compliance alone.
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What's Included
We introduce your lead consultant, agree timelines, and request initial documents. This is your chance to raise concerns or request focus on specific areas. DPAS prides itself on the strong relationships we forge, and this is a great opportunity for key stakeholders to meet and align expectations.
We analyse your policies, procedures, accountability documentation, and other evidence. This review feeds into your final data protection audit report, tailored to your sector and organisation.
We interview key stakeholders to assess day-to-day practices, awareness, and organisational culture and understanding. This can be conducted onsite or virtually. Giving us a holistic view of the organisation, and the application of current provisions.
We assess your organisation against our bespoke GDPR audit criteria and scoring framework, producing an overall compliance score and sectional breakdowns. Giving you a simple, easy to understand, report and recommendations. Where possible DPAS can also provide market comparison evaluations so you can understand your position in relation to similar organisations.
We provide a detailed GDPR audit report including:
- Executive summary
- Market comparison to similar organisations (where possible)
- Heat maps, graphics, and pictorial results.
- Sectional break downs, including scores and summaries.
- Prioritised risks and recommendations
- A risk based roadmap to support transformation
We don’t stop at recommendations. We work with you to design and implement a remediation plan. This includes guidance from our consultants, or DPO team, to help you implement change confidently. DPAS can also provide further support with remedial work if necessary.
CASE STUDy
Data Protection Audit
Rhodes Trust approached Data Privacy Advisory Service looking for an external consultancy to provide an impartial data protection and information security audit, and board level report.
The Trust wanted support to help identify and address any vulnerabilities or weaknesses in their data protection practices, and advise on any current risks post-audit to help them continue to maintain a good level of compliance.
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DPAS impressed us with the breadth and depth of the services they offered.
The DPAS team quickly understood how our work fits together, and throughout the audit process I’ve appreciated the expertise of each member of the team that we’ve worked with. Their advice throughout has been reassuringly thorough, pragmatic, and tailored to our needs.
HEAD OF INFORMATION SECURITY
THE RHODES TRUST
AMADA approached DPAS seeking a consultancy who could thoroughly audit their organisation’s data protection compliance levels with the various legislation.
AMADA needed the help of experts in data protection to ensure that their practices, policies, procedures and documentation all met the required standards and that the personal data of their customers and staff was adequately safeguarded.
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We would highly recommend DPAS to any organisation seeking GDPR consultancy services.
The team at DPAS have demonstrated an exceptional understanding of the intricacies of GDPR compliance.
Subsequently, DPAS has continued to provide us with support in other services such as compliance projects and training. The thoroughness and professionalism of their team is exceptional.
HEAD OF COMPLIANCE
AMADA
GDPR AUDIT SERVICES
frequently asked questions
A Data Protection and GDPR Audit is a structured assessment of your organisation’s compliance with data protection laws, including the UK GDPR, EU GDPR, PECR, and the Data Protection Act 2018. At DPAS, our audit reviews your policies, procedures, accountability documentation, and your technical and organisational security measures, as well as looking at culture and implementation.
Your dedicated DPAS consultant will use a combination of interviews, document reviews, and audit tools to assess how well data protection is embedded in your organisation. We identify any compliance gaps or risks, then provide clear, actionable recommendations to improve your position.
Whether your organisation is already performing well or needs support to meet its legal obligations, the audit will give you an honest, evidence-based view of where you stand. Our audit report includes an executive summary – ideal for circulating at board level, and highlights risks in your current data privacy framework – allowing you to have a clear understanding of your current position. It reduces your risk of regulatory fines and reputational harm, while building trust with your customers, staff, and stakeholders.
If you are a business to business organisation, having an outsourced data protection audit – delivered by experts, helps demonstrate how your business protects their customers and supports the sales process.
All of our consultants have years of experience working in the sector. They all hold various academic qualifications and at a minimum hold the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection, Open University Cyber Security Training Certificate (24 CPD credits) and AI for Data Protection Practitioners Certificate (16 CPD credits) alongside a plethora of other academic qualifications.
Our GDPR compliance audit services can vary in price depending on your organisation’s size and the scope of the audit. To fit your budget, however, we can offer a variety of compliance audits from a full data privacy framework assessment to a condensed version of a GDPR audit, to provide support in a way that suits you and is financially viable.
Contact us to discuss your organisation’s needs. We will put together a tailored proposal based on your organisation’s requirements and the level of support you need.
DPAS can perform compliance audits onsite, or offsite, depending on what best suits you, allowing your organisation to continue business as usual with little to no disruption to your operations.
With our data protection and information security audit service, you will gain a deeper understanding of your security position and current adherence to data protection laws, alongside a comprehensive remedial plan to ensure you can mitigate risks and improve overall compliance.
Due to new technologies like artificial intelligence, and the uptick in Software as a Service, organisations are faced with more compliance challenges, and information security threats than ever before, making now a better time than ever to audit your data protection and information security practices.
Following the audit, you will be provided with an extensive report, pragmatic recommendations, remedial advice, and an action plan on how to implement change in order to improve your compliance position and reduce your business risk. Your dedicated consultant can present the results during the end of project meeting, and offer further explanation and clarity wherever necessary.
We have experience in supporting a wide range of sectors including Medical and Healthcare, Education and Schools, Public Sector and Local Authorities, Financial Services, Retail and Leisure, Charities and Nonprofits, and many more. Each member of our team has specialisms in different sectors so we will ensure your audit is performed by consultants matched to your organisation’s needs.
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