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GDPR compliance · Free audit · No signup

GDPR Privacy Policy Audit

Grade your existing privacy policy against the 12 clauses GDPR actually requires — legal basis, retention, international transfers, data subject rights, breach notification. Get the exact text to add for every gap.

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General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) · European Union + EEA + UK GDPR

What GDPR non-compliance actually costs

€1.2B

Meta (Ireland DPC, 2023)

Art. 46 transfer violation

€746M

Amazon (Luxembourg CNPD, 2021)

Art. 6 lawful basis failure

€345M

TikTok (Ireland DPC, 2023)

Art. 5(1)(c) + child data

£20M

British Airways (UK ICO, 2020)

Art. 32 security breach

Who must comply with GDPR?

Any business offering goods or services to EU/EEA/UK residents (no physical EU presence required)
Any business monitoring the behaviour of EU/EEA/UK residents (cookies, analytics, ads)
All EU/EEA-established controllers and processors regardless of customer location

What this audit checks

12 required clauses, scored as Present / Partial / Missing with the exact regulatory citation and suggested fix.

Identifiable controller + DPO contact

Art. 13(1)(a) — must name a legal entity and provide a working contact

Specific purposes of processing

Art. 5(1)(b) — 'business purposes' is not specific enough

Legal basis for each processing activity

Art. 6 — consent / contract / legitimate interest, mapped to each purpose

Categories of personal data + sources

Art. 13(1)(c) + 14(1)(d) — explicit list, including inferred data

Third parties + sub-processors disclosure

Art. 13(1)(e) — categories of recipients required

International transfers + safeguards

Art. 44-49 — name SCCs, adequacy decisions, BCRs in use

Retention periods per data category

Art. 13(2)(a) — 'as long as necessary' alone is non-compliant

Data subject rights (access / erasure / portability / object)

Art. 15-22 — must enumerate all 8 rights and how to exercise

Right to withdraw consent

Art. 7(3) — must be 'as easy to withdraw as to give'

Right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority

Art. 13(2)(d) — required disclosure

Automated decision-making + profiling disclosure

Art. 22 — only if you do this; required if you do

Breach notification commitment (72h)

Art. 33 — internal SLA must align with regulator timeline

Why GDPR audits actually fail

Citing 'legitimate interest' without a balancing test

Regulators want to see the LIA documented. Just naming the legal basis isn't enough — the policy should describe why your interest doesn't override user rights.

Cookie banner contradicts the policy

Common fail: policy says 'we use only essential cookies' but the site fires 30+ Google/Meta tags before consent. Auditors check the network tab.

Privacy Shield clauses (invalid since Schrems II, July 2020)

Copy-pasted policies still cite Privacy Shield. Use the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (in force July 2023) and Standard Contractual Clauses (2021 modules).

No DPO when one is required

Art. 37 makes a DPO mandatory for large-scale special-category processing or systematic monitoring. Many SaaS companies need one and don't know it.

GDPR FAQ

Does GDPR apply to my US-based startup?

Yes if you have any EU/EEA/UK users — measured by intent (you targeted them, took payment in EUR, shipped to EU, ran EU ads) or by monitoring (analytics, cookies). The threshold is low. Most SaaS, e-commerce, and content sites are in scope.

What's the fine for non-compliance?

Up to €20M or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher. Most fines are in the €10K-€10M range for SMBs, but enforcement is rising. Spain alone issued 367 fines in 2023.

Will an audit here replace a lawyer?

No — ComplianceIQ surfaces the gaps and gives you suggested language so you have a much stronger starting point. For high-risk processing (health data, biometrics, large-scale profiling) a qualified privacy lawyer should review the final policy.