AI and GDPR audits and remediation
Demonstrate your compliance and data handling processes with our AI and GDPR audits and remediation
Annual GDPR audits are essential for organisations of all sizes. Conducting regular audits helps to identify compliance gaps in personal data handling processes and the remediation efforts you will put in place to ensure compliance with data protection legislation. For organisations adopting new technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), the risks of non-compliance become even more significant.
A pathway to compliance
Conducting regular AI and GDPR audits will help your organisation on its journey to compliance and avoid costly penalties. Depending upon the size of your organisation and how personal data is used, collected and stored, audits can be time consuming.
Our expert data protection team will scope your audit against GDPR and AI legal requirements and quickly identify high-risk areas that require remediation.
From gaps to governance
Assess your documentation
- We will collate and assess your documentation including data maps, ROPA (records of processing agreements), privacy policies, DPIAs and AI system documentation.
Advise on legal basis
- We will evaluate and ensure that the correct legal basis has been chosen for the processing of the personal data and make sure you comply with the specific requirements for using that legal basis.
Review procedures for data subject access requests
- We will review how your organisation applies and manages data subject rights. Assess whether your policies, procedures, and internal workflows truly support individuals in accessing, correcting, or deleting their personal data and identify where improvements are needed.
Document outcomes
- Following the audit, we will document the outcomes and where privacy risks exist.
Outline corrective measures
- We will identify the corrective measures that need to be put in place; these could involve quick fixes, or technical changes. Our remediation plans detail the associated owners and expected timeline for corrective measures to be completed.
Training for your team
- If training requirements arise during the audit, we can provide data protection and AI training to embed data privacy within your organisation's culture and processes.
To meet the team and find out more about our sector specialisms
Why choose our DPO as a service?
Data protection expertise
Our expert data protection team assesses the latest regulatory standards with accuracy and depth. You will save time and gain confidence that your compliance obligations will be achieved.
Comprehensive support and advice
Our AI and GDPR audits help identify high-risk compliance gaps quickly and provide practical, actionable guidance for remediation.
Varied sector experience
With a wide range of sector experience including financial services, hospitality, retail, tech, automotive and more we’ll bring this wealth of knowledge to your organisation so you benefit from best practice across industries.
FAQs
Who is accountable for GDPR compliance?
- Under the GDPR, the data controller is ultimately accountable for ensuring compliance. This means the organisation (or individual) that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data is responsible for meeting all GDPR obligations. While others, like data processors or employees, may have specific responsibilities, the controller must be able to demonstrate compliance and take ownership of data protection practices.
Should a data protection officer conduct a GDPR audit?
- A Data Protection Officer (DPO) can support or oversee a GDPR audit, but they should not conduct the audit themselves if it creates a conflict of interest. The DPO’s role is to monitor compliance, advise the organisation, and act independently. It’s often best to use an internal audit team or external specialists, with the DPO providing guidance and ensuring the audit aligns with GDPR principles.
What are the steps to a GDPR audit?
- Please click here to read a step by step approach to a GDPR. This will outline what to expect and allow you to make a decision on if working with our team is appropriate for your organisation. If you’re unsure, get in touch with us and we will be happy to help.
Working with an outsourced DPO
We understand that working with an outsourced DPO for the first time can raise a lot of questions. It’s natural to wonder how the process works, what to expect, and how it will integrate with your existing processes.
We’ve created a guide to working with an Outsourced DPO, which is available for download. This guide covers the key aspects of collaboration and provides clarity on how an outsourced DPO can add value to your organisation.
Our experience...
Speaks for itself through collaboration with leading global brands such as…
- Tech giants
- Health tech start-ups
- Forward-thinking financial institutions
- Global dating app
- One of the largest entertainment record labels globally
- Shopping meccas
- National broadcasters
- Professional services firms and regulators
Sector specialisms and in-depth experience
Client retention rate and long lasting relationships
Learners who complete our data protection training each year
Don't just take our word for it
“If you’re looking for trustworthy, pragmatic and diligent legal advisors, say Hello(to)DPO! The team has been a great support to Skyscanner on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters, whether advising at a compliance level or on more acute legal issues. You’ll enjoy considerate, timely and helpful advice, provided by professionals with whom it’s a delight to work.”
Gemma Witham
Director of Legal (Privacy), Group Privacy Officer, Sykscanner Limited
Don't just take our word for it
“We have been working with HelloDPO for several years now and I have always found them to be friendly, approachable and above all professional in their approach. I would have no hesitation in recommending them.”
Serena May
Director, Southern HR Ltd
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“We have worked with Jenai, Alison and the HelloDPO team for over 5 years as our DPO and have found their advice and support invaluable. They are pragmatic and flexible in the advice they provide, and assist in making data protection compliance apply in a corporate environment. Working with them is like having additional members of our team, and the relationship has flourished over time.”
Craig Saunders
Head of International Privacy, Aetna Global Benefits (UK) Ltd
Don't just take our word for it
“The team (Jenai and Lisa) provided DPO services and compliance support to our business for over a year, during which they consistently delivered high quality advice and excellent client service. The demands of the hospitality industry are high and HelloDPO adapted to this quickly and seamlessly – they are responsive, knowledgeable, and pragmatic. They are also a pleasure to work with.”
Frasers Hospitality (UK) Ltd
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“We have been working with HelloDPO for nearly a year. The team have been great to work with, highly professional and flexible. Most importantly, they have given clear advice and guidance in what is a very complex area. Well done and we look forward to continuing working with you!”
Ruth Hidalgo
Director, Chartered Accountants Worldwide
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“The HelloDPO team have led us patiently through the intricacies of GDPR over the years, helping us to navigate a careful path to ensure understanding of the rules and therefore compliance with them. HelloDPO are a pleasure to work with and I’d have no hesitation in recommending them to others looking for good, commercial advice in this complex area.”
Sanjay Patel
Finance Director, Cadogan Group Limited
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“We have recently engaged HelloDPO and the team, led by Jenai, has been responsive, practical and generally very helpful when dealing with our data protection queries. We look forward to what’s on track to becoming a great working relationship!”
Federica Cozzani
Senior Legal Counsel, Compre Group
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“Jenai and Emma are amazing to deal with. They strike the right balance between understanding the business needs while doing it’s fiduciary duty to ensure we are on the right track from a legal, ethical and moral perspective. Working with HelloDPO’s guidance over the past 2 years has enabled X-Mode (now known as Outlogic) to be able to navigate complex and at times uncertain waters with GDPR in a strategic and ethical manner.”
Joshua Anton
CEO, Outlogic
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“A great bespoke service, delivered flexibly by absolute experts in a friendly, collaborative and accessible way. I cannot recommend more highly!”
Clare Russell
Interim Head of Legal, Vue UK and Ireland
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“HelloDPO have been brilliant at getting our data compliance into shape. We have come such a long way in our ways of working and they are always on hand to help when we have complicated or urgent issues – they have simply become part of the team.”
Josh Towb
Head of Business Transformation, Jigsaw
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“The HelloDPO team have provided Channel 4 with a wide range of data protection advice over the years. Alison is always delightful to work with, and her advice is pragmatic and set within a commercial context, which is particularly helpful. HelloDPO runs regular DP Confessionals, which provide our team with a valuable wider industry view and a sense of issues which other organisations are struggling with, and the ways in which they are approaching them.”
Rebecca Miller
Channel 4