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GDPR Compliance Audit Checklist
Use this tool to prepare for internal or external audits of GDPR compliance
Organizations have been making progress in operationalizing the legal requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but translating these for stakeholders in different areas of the business remains a challenge.
Gartner legal and IT experts have collaborated to develop a handy tool that uses natural language to facilitate self-assessment in preparation for GDPR compliance audits. Each requirement is accompanied by references to regulations to expedite understanding of and compliance with the regulation.
Download the checklist to evaluate your compliance with GDPR and to help your organization minimize compliance risk.
About GDPR Compliance
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published in 2016 and then came into force two years later in May 2018. Its inception has inspired dozens of countries both inside and outside of the EU to pass data protection legislation as well, often in similar and overlapping fashion.
Due to this rapidly changing privacy landscape and its subsequent costs, internal audit professionals face increasing pressure from stakeholders to provide assurance over their organization’s privacy risks. Auditors must ensure their organization’s privacy program is robust and comprehensive by assessing the efficacy of relevant controls across several privacy program elements. Since typical privacy program activities may take place in silos, auditors need to identify gaps, collaborate with privacy stakeholders for control verification exercises and then make recommendations to management.
In addition to GDPR compliance, a few parallel developments in the context of the EU’s digital strategy are important to understand. For example, the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act introduces a common regulatory and legal framework for the development and usage of AI, which builds on the fundamental rules laid down in the GDPR. Compliance with the EU AI Act requires changes to AI governance and oversight, risk assessment, monitoring and auditing, and policies, procedures and training.