What is a Data Protection Audit?

  • Data Protection Audits are a business-critical tool designed to identify how your organisation stands in relation to applicable data protection and privacy laws by highlighting recognisable gaps and associated risks in relation to your compliance alignment and maturity.
  • Our Data Protection Audit is an independent assessment of the suitability, design and operational effectiveness of an organisation’s privacy and data protection controls. It can either be for a company’s internal use (private reporting) or for reliance by external stakeholders such as clients and business customers (public reporting).

Achieve GDPR Compliance With Our Specialist GDPR Audits

Navigating and complying with the GDPR can be a daunting prospect for businesses. Many organisations store house and process personal sensitive data across a variety of departments and a variety of systems, making it all-too-easy for undetected vulnerabilities to arise.

In addition, a data breach could prove terminal for an organisation, resulting in large regulatory fines and irreparable reputational damage. As a result, it’s essential to execute a detailed GDPR audit to identify any areas for improvement within your data protection processes – and resolve them before they result in a breach.

Bruce & Butler’s specialist GDPR audits are custom-tailored to all aspects of the GDPR, identifying any shortcomings in your GDPR compliance and providing actionable advice for remediation to ensure you’re protected.

How much does a data protection audit cost?

Small Business

0-25 employees
from £2,450exc. VAT
This includes the following:
Typical Engagement Time Up To Three Days
Secure Client Portal
Dedicated Audit Team
Report With Full And Complete Recommendations
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Medium Business

26-199 employees
from £3,950exc. VAT
This includes the following:
Typical Engagement Time Up To Five Days
Secure Client Portal
Dedication Audit Team
Report With Full And Complete Recommendations
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Large/Enterprise

200+ employees
£POA
This includes the following:
Typical Engagement Time Will Vary
Secure Client Portal
Dedicated Audit Team
Report With Full And Complete Recommendations
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Why Have a Data Protection Audit?

  • Organisations are facing a heightened level of scrutiny from business customers, data protection regulators, privacy activists, citizens and the judicial community, which is driving the demand for assurance.
  • Obtaining assurance through a comprehensive data protection audit helps you actively demonstrate compliance, requiring evidence that compliance is taking place at the operational level, and demonstrating that purposeful and sustainable data protection outcomes are being delivered throughout the organisation.

Our Data Protection Audit Process

We’ve developed a robust data protection audit process to ensure compliance with key data protection laws. Our data protection & specialist GDPR audits assess a number of key aspects relating to your current data protection efforts, including:

Law Applicability

Identifying which data protection laws apply to your business (and to what extent). This will also establish if you are a controller or a processor of personal data (or both).

Process Evaluation

Analysing and assessing all aspects of data handling in your business, including the type of data handled as well as a review of current storage, safeguarding and erasure processes.

Policy Evaluation

Ascertaining if there are any current data protection policies in place (and if any changes to existing policies are required).

Organisational Knowledge

Ascertaining if there are any current data protection policies in place (and if any changes to existing policies are required).

The Value of a Data Protection Audit

Taking Privacy Seriously

Undertaking a data protection audit demonstrates to third parties relying on the report (such as regulators, suppliers and customers) that fulfilling data protection requirements is important to your organisation.

Challenging Your Controls

A Data Protection Audit identifies any gaps in the operational application of your data protection and privacy controls and where to apply remediation efforts paving the way for great continual improvement.

Complying With Your Commitments

Prioritising Data Protection compliance demonstrates that your contractual obligations to business customers are being satisfied and that any commitments made to regulators are being met.

Showing Good Risk Management

Data Protection Auditing demonstrates a good system of risk management and internal controls to address important societal issues relating to privacy. This can aid effective corporate governance and promote the long-term sustainable success of organisations.