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GDPR Compliance Services

Protect personal data and reduce regulatory risk with a GDPR compliance program built for real-world operations. Brownstone helps you assess gaps, implement privacy controls, strengthen policies, and stay audit-ready with clear documentation and practical guidance.

What is GDPR Compliance?

GDPR compliance is the framework that helps organizations protect personal data, reduce privacy risk, and meet EU regulatory requirements. We help you assess your current posture, update policies, implement technical safeguards, and build audit-ready documentation so your business stays secure, transparent, and legally aligned.

Who Needs GDPR Compliance Support?

Any organization that collects, stores, or processes personal data—customers, employees, or website visitors—can be impacted by GDPR. Businesses handling sensitive data, running marketing campaigns, operating across borders, or working with EU-based clients benefit most from a structured privacy program that reduces risk, strengthens trust, and ensures accountability.

Cybersecurity Built for Real-World Risk

Cyber threats don’t follow checklists—and neither do we. We secure your infrastructure, endpoints, and cloud environments by reducing attack surface, strengthening controls, and improving detection and response. The result is practical, measurable protection that lowers risk, supports compliance, and keeps your business operational.

Why GDPR Compliance Is Business-Critical

Reduce legal risk with clear privacy policies and accountability.
Align data processing with lawful basis, consent, and transparency requirements.
Protect personal data with access controls, encryption, and secure retention rules.
Maintain audit-ready documentation for vendors, data flows, and DPIAs.

Prevent breaches by identifying weak points across systems and workflows.
Strengthen customer trust with measurable privacy and security controls.
Standardize data handling across teams for consistent compliance.
Support faster growth by building a scalable privacy program.

GDPR Compliance Services— What We Offer

Build a privacy program that keeps your organization compliant, secure, and audit-ready across data, vendors, and operations.

GDPR Gap Assessment

We assess your current privacy posture against GDPR requirements, identify high-risk gaps, and translate compliance needs into clear, actionable priorities for your teams.

Audit-Ready Compliance Program

We structure your GDPR compliance program with documentation, evidence tracking, and workflows that support audits, reduce risk, and help you maintain long-term compliance.

Policies & Legal Documentation

We develop and refine privacy policies, notices, and internal procedures to ensure lawful processing, transparency, and consistent handling of personal data across the organization.

Data Mapping & Access Control

We map how personal data flows through your systems, define retention and access rules, and implement controls that reduce exposure while keeping operations efficient.

OUR WORK PROCESS

How We Deliver GDPR Compliance

Data Discovery & Mapping

We identify what personal data you collect, where it lives, how it flows across systems, and which vendors process it—creating a clear GDPR data map.

Policies

We define lawful processing grounds, update privacy notices, and implement internal policies so your GDPR program is practical, consistent, and enforceable.

Risk Assessment & Controls

We assess privacy risks, reduce exposure through access controls and retention rules, and align technical safeguards with GDPR accountability requirements.

Ongoing Compliance & Support

We operationalize GDPR with staff guidance, documentation, and continuous updates—so you stay compliant as regulations, tools, and processes evolve.

Cybersecurity That Works in the Real World

Brownstone Consulting delivers security built for modern threats—combining continuous visibility, threat detection, and response-ready processes. We help you strengthen defenses, meet compliance expectations, and protect critical business systems with a clear, measurable security strategy.

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FAQ — GDPR Essentials

What is GDPR and who does it apply to?

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the EU’s privacy law that regulates how organizations collect, use, store, and protect personal data. It applies to any business that processes EU/EEA residents’ data—even if the company is located outside Europe.

Does GDPR apply to U.S.-based companies?

Yes. If your company offers services to EU/EEA individuals or monitors their behavior (analytics, tracking, cookies, marketing), GDPR can apply even if you operate fully in the U.S.

What counts as “personal data” under GDPR?

Personal data includes any information that can identify a person directly or indirectly—such as name, email, phone number, IP address, device IDs, location data, or any unique identifier tied to an individual.

What is the difference between a Data Controller and a Data Processor?

A Data Controller decides why and how personal data is processed.
A Data Processor processes data on behalf of the controller (for example: hosting providers, CRMs, email tools, analytics platforms).

What is a lawful basis for processing personal data?

GDPR requires a legal reason to process personal data. Common lawful bases include consent, contract necessity, legal obligation, legitimate interests, and vital/public interest depending on the use case.

What is a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) and when do we need it?

A DPA is a contract required when a controller shares personal data with a processor. It defines security responsibilities, processing scope, and compliance requirements to meet GDPR standards.

What are data subject rights under GDPR?

GDPR gives individuals rights such as access, rectification, erasure (right to be forgotten), data portability, restriction, objection, and rights related to automated decision-making.

When is a DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment) required?

A DPIA is required when processing creates a high privacy risk—such as large-scale sensitive data processing, systematic monitoring, or using new technologies that impact individuals’ rights and freedoms.

What should we do if there is a data breach?

Organizations must assess the incident quickly, contain the breach, document findings, and in some cases notify regulators within 72 hours and affected individuals if there is a high risk to their rights.

How long does GDPR compliance take?

It depends on data complexity, systems, and vendors. Most organizations start with a data inventory + gap assessment, then implement policies, controls, and documentation in phases. We prioritize the highest-risk items first to reduce exposure quickly.

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