Master Data Privacy Compliance with Confidence
The most comprehensive data privacy assessment framework aligned with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and LGPD. Evaluate your organisation across 8 critical dimensions with 135 expert-crafted questions and receive actionable compliance recommendations.
Data Privacy Risks Are Escalating Globally
organisations face unprecedented regulatory pressure as GDPR, CCPA, and sector-specific regulations create complex compliance requirements. Without systematic governance, organisations risk massive fines, reputational damage, and operational disruption.
Regulatory Complexity
organisations must navigate 100+ data protection regulations globally, including GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, LGPD, and sector-specific requirements. Compliance requirements vary by jurisdiction, creating significant operational complexity.
€1.3B in GDPR fines (2023)Escalating Breach Costs
Data breach costs continue to rise, with average breach costs reaching $4.45M globally and $9.48M in the US. organisations without mature privacy programmes face significantly higher remediation and regulatory penalty costs.
USD 4.88M average breach cost (IBM, 2024)Data Subject Rights Challenges
DSARs (Data Subject Access Requests) have increased 72% year-over-year. organisations struggle to meet 30-day response requirements while maintaining data accuracy and completeness across distributed systems.
Third-Party Risk
63% of data breaches involve third-party vendors. organisations lack visibility into vendor data handling practices and struggle to maintain DPA coverage across growing vendor ecosystems.
Third-party breaches up 68% year on year (Verizon DBIR, 2024)Cross-Border Transfer Complexity
Post-Schrems II, organisations face complex requirements for EU-US data transfers. Transfer Impact Assessments, supplementary measures, and adequacy decisions create ongoing compliance burdens.
156 different transfer mechanismsBreach Notification Pressure
GDPR's 72-hour breach notification requirement leaves little room for error. organisations without mature incident response capabilities face regulatory penalties for delayed or incomplete notifications.
72-hour notification deadlineData Privacy Compliance Governance Framework
A comprehensive, regulatory-aligned framework to assess, benchmark, and continuously improve your organisation's data privacy practices across all critical compliance domains.
135-Question Comprehensive Assessment
Expert-crafted questions across 8 dimensions evaluate your privacy governance maturity with specific, actionable insights. Each question includes evidence requirements and regulatory mapping for audit-grade verification.
Multi-Regulatory Alignment
Questions mapped to GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, LGPD, and 20+ additional privacy regulations. Understand your compliance posture across all applicable jurisdictions with gap analysis and remediation guidance.
5-Level Maturity Benchmarking
Clear progression from Unaware to optimised provides measurable benchmarks. Understand exactly where you stand and what steps are needed to advance your privacy governance maturity.
675 Evidence Requirements
Comprehensive evidence requirements for each question enable audit-grade verification. Build documentation that satisfies regulatory auditors, DPAs, and third-party assessors.
Actionable Recommendations
Receive prioritised recommendations for improving privacy governance. Each recommendation includes implementation steps, effort estimates, regulatory alignment, and success criteria.
18-Month Remediation Roadmap
Comprehensive roadmap with quarterly milestones and progress tracking. Transform your privacy practices from reactive to industry-leading with structured guidance and ROI modelling.
Comprehensive Evaluation Across All Privacy Domains
DPCG assesses your organisation across 8 critical dimensions, each containing 16-17 questions covering the subdimensions essential for comprehensive data privacy compliance governance.
Data Collection & Consent Management
Evaluates lawful basis documentation, consent management platforms, purpose limitation, data minimisation, and privacy notice readability.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 6-9, CCPA §1798.100Data Storage & Security
Assesses encryption, access controls, MFA coverage, audit logging, backup/recovery, and secure deletion practices.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 32, ISO 27001Data Processing & Usage
Measures DPA coverage, automated decision-making governance, profiling transparency, and data retention management.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 22, 28Data Subject Rights & Access
Evaluates DSAR workflow, right to erasure, data portability, restriction of processing, and automated decision explanation.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 15-22Privacy by Design & Default
Assesses PIA/DPIA processes, default privacy settings, privacy engineering in SDLC, and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 25, ISO 31700Breach Notification & Incident Response
Measures breach detection capabilities, 72-hour notification compliance, incident response playbooks, and post-incident analysis.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 33-34Regulatory Compliance & Governance
Evaluates DPO role, Records of Processing, privacy policies, training programmes, and audit readiness.
17 questions • GDPR Art. 37-39, 30Vendor & Third-Party Management
Assesses DPA coverage, vendor risk assessment, sub-processor management, vendor audits, and incident accountability chains.
16 questions • GDPR Art. 28, 32Aligned with Global Privacy Regulations
DPCG questions are mapped to specific articles and requirements across major global privacy regulations, ensuring comprehensive compliance coverage.
5-Level Privacy Governance Maturity Model
Clear progression path from reactive, ad-hoc practices to industry-leading privacy governance. Know exactly where you stand and what it takes to advance.
Proven Return on Privacy Governance
organisations implementing comprehensive privacy governance frameworks see measurable improvements in risk mitigation, compliance efficiency, and stakeholder trust.
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