Launching an AI feature, new analytics, or anything that processes sensitive data at scale? A DPIA is how you prove you thought about the risk before you shipped — and it’s mandatory for high-risk processing under the GDPR. We make it fast and defensible.
A Data Protection Impact Assessment is required whenever processing is likely to result in a high risk to people — for example large-scale profiling, systematic monitoring, or large-scale use of special-category data. Under the GDPR it’s a formal Article 35 obligation; under India’s DPDP Act, DPIAs are part of a Significant Data Fiduciary’s duties. Even when it isn’t strictly required, a DPIA is the cleanest way to show a regulator you assessed risk before launch.
Done well, a DPIA isn’t a launch blocker — it’s a fast screening step that only escalates to a full assessment when the risk genuinely warrants it, with mitigations baked in rather than bolted on afterwards.
Screening for the many, full assessments for the few that need them.
A lightweight threshold check on each initiative, so only genuinely high-risk processing goes to a full DPIA.
Necessity and proportionality analysis, risk identification and severity/likelihood rating for high-risk processing.
Focused assessments for AI features, automated decisions and profiling — the areas drawing the most regulatory attention.
Concrete controls to bring residual risk down to acceptable, with owners and deadlines.
A defensible record of the decision, the reasoning and the sign-off — the artefact a regulator asks for.
Where residual high risk remains, we prepare you for prior consultation with the regulator.
A quick way to place yourself, then confirm it with a readiness assessment.
Large-scale profiling, systematic monitoring or large-scale special-category processing require a DPIA before you start under Article 35.
DPIAs form part of an SDF’s obligations under the DPDP Act, alongside independent audits and a Board-answerable DPO.
Even outside strict triggers, a DPIA is the fastest way to evidence ‘privacy by design’ when you launch something new.
A DPIA process that keeps shipping teams moving instead of stalling them.
A quick screening step filters out low-risk changes, so full DPIAs are reserved for processing that truly warrants them.
Regulator-cited templates for common scenarios — AI, analytics, vendor onboarding — so assessments don’t start from a blank page.
Every outcome is documented with reasoning and sign-off, giving you the audit trail regulators expect.
Under the GDPR, Article 35 requires a DPIA for processing likely to result in high risk, and Article 36 requires prior consultation with the supervisory authority where high residual risk remains. Under India’s DPDP Act 2023, Data Protection Impact Assessments are among the enhanced duties placed on Significant Data Fiduciaries. We align your DPIA process to whichever applies and keep it proportionate. This is decision-support, not legal advice.
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Under the GDPR, processing likely to result in high risk — such as large-scale profiling, systematic monitoring of public areas, or large-scale processing of special-category data — requires a DPIA before you begin. Supervisory authorities also publish lists of operations that always require one.
Very often, yes. AI features that profile people, make automated decisions or use personal data at scale typically clear the high-risk threshold, so a DPIA is both prudent and frequently mandatory.
A gap assessment measures your whole programme against the law; a DPIA assesses the risk of one specific processing activity or project before it launches.
If significant risk remains after mitigations, the GDPR requires prior consultation with the supervisory authority before you proceed. We prepare that submission and the supporting analysis.
Screening is quick — often same-week. A full DPIA depends on complexity, but a focused assessment for a single feature typically completes within one to two weeks.
No pitch, no obligation — just a clear read on where you stand and what an engagement would cover.