Compliance & Regulations/European Union/GDPR
Privacy · European Economic Area; extraterritorial

GDPR

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation — the global gravity well of privacy law since 2018.

Regulator
European Data Protection Board + national supervisory authorities
Jurisdiction
European Economic Area; extraterritorial
Status
Active.
In force since
25 May 2018
Regulator's source
Who it applies to

Any organisation processing personal data of individuals in the EEA, regardless of where the controller or processor is located.

Penalties

Up to 4% of global annual turnover or €20M, whichever is higher (Tier 2 infringements).

What it requires

What GDPR actually requires.

These are the obligations a regulated entity owes — the things an assessor or supervisor will ask about.

01

Lawful basis for every processing activity (Art. 6) plus special-category conditions (Art. 9).

02

Data subject rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, object, automated-decision objection.

03

DPIAs for processing likely to result in high risk (Art. 35).

04

72-hour breach notification to the supervisory authority (Art. 33).

05

International transfer mechanism (adequacy decision, SCCs with Transfer Impact Assessment, or BCRs).

06

Records of Processing Activities (RoPA) per Art. 30.

07

Data Protection Officer where required (Art. 37).

How Safeguard maps to it

Pre-mapped controls. Continuous evidence.

Each requirement above is bound to live telemetry — not screenshots. The mapping below is what your auditor or regulator sees.

RoPA template with continuous lineage from data inventory.

DSAR (data subject access request) workflow with 30-day clock and verification gates.

Breach detection feeding a 72-hour-aware incident timer with regulator notification draft.

Sub-processor registry with TIAs and SCC version tracking.

DPIA library with templates for high-risk processing (AI/ML, profiling, biometrics).

Evidence we produce

Artifacts your auditor accepts.

Each evidence artifact is signed and timestamped. Auditors can verify integrity without trusting Safeguard.

Article 30 RoPA — exportable in supervisory-authority format.

DPIA records linked to the processing activity they cover.

Sub-processor list with country, purpose, and transfer mechanism.

Breach register with timeline and notification status.

Lawful basis register per processing purpose.

Ready for GDPR?

Bring the framework. We'll walk the controls with you — section by section, evidence packet by evidence packet, with the regulators you actually have to answer to.

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