Data Privacy Maturity assessment

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GDPR Maturity assessment

Solid data privacy is vital for today’s organisations, not only to meet regulatory requirements but also to build trust with clients and partners. A data privacy maturity assessment provides an objective and clear picture of your current data protection status, identifying gaps and recommending focus areas to ensure GDPR compliance. This creates a solid foundation for effectively planning and prioritising efforts going forward.

Maturity Assessment for GDPR Compliance

A maturity assessment is an important step in achieving GDPR compliance, providing a structured approach to identify gaps and enhance your organisation’s data protection efforts. By establishing a clear baseline, you can not only address current regulatory requirements but also build a foundation for sustainable data privacy in the future.

Identify and Address Gaps

A maturity assessment offers a structured overview of your data protection maturity, making it easier to identify and address any gaps. This gives you a concrete starting point to ensure your data protection efforts comply with current regulations.

Strengthen data privacy over time

By mapping your current situation and tracking progress, it becomes simpler to follow up and strengthen data protection over time. The maturity assessment is also scalable, meaning you can start with a single area and expand as needed.

Prepare for Future Risk Analysis

The clarity provided makes the assessment useful for resource allocation and risk analysis.

Sustainable Data Privacy

Data privacy extends beyond regulatory compliance. Securing your data reduces the risk of breaches and incidents that could impact your organisation. Robust data protection also builds trust with clients and partners, supporting a sustainable, long-term business approach.

When is a Maturity Assessment of Data Privacy needed?

  • The data protection efforts have stalled and there is a need for a fresh start
  • Management and the board have lost interest in GDPR
  • The work within a specific area, for example impact assessments (DPIA), may contain shortcomings and needs to be addressed
  • Two organisations are merging into one or when there is an acquisition process

What Can a Maturity Assessment of Data Privacy Include? 

  • A holistic assessment of the organisation’s compliance with GDPR and other data protection legislation
  • Identification of challenging aspects of data protection work that need to be addressed, such as managing the Register of Processing Activities (ROPA)
  • How the organisation works with data protection issues—roles, responsibilities, etc. 

What Does a Maturity Assessment of Data Privacy from Advisense Include? 

  • An initial discussion regarding scope needs, and purpose
  • Collection and review of relevant governing documents and structured interviews with key individuals in the organisation
  • An objective analysis of where the organisation stands in relation to the legislator’s requirements
  • A concrete action plan with prioritised measures

Trusted Data Privacy Experts  

  • Our consultants have performed hundreds of Data Privacy Maturity assessments 
  • We provide hands-on solutions to ensure sustainable privacy at the core of your business
  • We deliver superior quality in project execution, reporting and follow-up support​  
  • We are agile and support flexible delivery models tailored to our clients’ needs​  
  • We strive to always find legally sustainable tailored solutions for our clients

If you would like to know more or need concrete support in your data privacy efforts, feel free to contact us at Advisense.

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