GDPR / Audit Remediation
GDPR audit remediation: from findings to fixed
You have the audit report. The gaps are named, the risk is on the record — and the list has been sitting there because nobody has the capacity to close it. This service takes a findings list, from us or any other firm, and turns it into closed items with evidence.
Who this is for
Organisations holding an audit report, gap analysis or regulator correspondence that names what needs fixing — where legal, compliance or the DPO own the list but not the hands to execute it. The findings can be ours or a third party’s; a recorded list of known gaps with no progress is worse evidence than no audit at all, and this service exists to end that state.
What remediation covers
Prioritised remediation backlog
Your findings — ours or a third party's — turned into a sequenced backlog: severity, legal deadline exposure, effort and dependencies, each item with a named owner.
Artefact production
The documents that close gaps, actually written: policies and procedures, RoPA entries, DPIAs and LIAs, privacy notices, Art. 28 contract schedules and retention rules — drafted for your review, not templates thrown over the wall.
Operational fixes
Where the gap is a process, not a paper — DSAR handling, breach response, vendor onboarding — we set up the working routine with the team that will run it.
Evidence pack
Every closed item lands in an evidence pack mapped back to the original finding: what changed, when, who approved it — the file you open when a regulator, customer or auditor asks.
Sprint or ongoing?
| Remediation sprint | Ongoing support | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | A defined findings list you want closed by a date | Findings plus a programme that needs continuous ownership |
| Duration | Fixed scope, typically 4–12 weeks | Monthly cadence, reviewed quarterly |
| Output | Closed backlog + evidence pack | Evidence pack plus registers kept current as things change |
| Ownership after | Handover to your team | We keep operating it with you — see Outsourced DPO |
Ongoing ownership usually runs through the outsourced DPO service.
How it runs
1. Findings review
We work from your existing audit or gap analysis — any author. No re-audit unless material gaps in coverage appear.
2. Backlog & plan
Findings become a prioritised, owned backlog with target dates agreed against your real capacity.
3. Execute
Artefacts drafted, processes stood up, approvals collected — weekly visible progress against the backlog.
4. Evidence & handover
Evidence pack finalised, residual items and owners documented, and a maintenance rhythm agreed.
Fixed-scope engagement quoted after the findings review. No pricing surprises: scope changes are agreed before they are worked.
Questions, answered
We had an audit done by another firm — can you work from it?
Yes. Remediation works from any competent findings list. We review it for coverage first, and if we believe something material was missed we say so before work starts — but the point of this service is closing gaps, not re-finding them.
How is this different from the GDPR audit service?
The audit finds and prioritises the gaps; remediation closes them. They are deliberately separate engagements so you can bring your own audit — and so an audit from us never obliges you to buy the fixes from us.
Who writes the documents — you or us?
We draft, your people review and approve. Documents only bind if they reflect how you actually work, so every artefact goes through the owner who will live with it — and the approval itself becomes part of the evidence pack.
What if we cannot fix everything at once?
Almost nobody can. That is why the backlog is prioritised by risk and deadline exposure: the highest-exposure items close first, and the recorded plan for the remainder is itself strong evidence of accountability if a regulator asks.
Can remediation turn into ongoing support?
Yes — a sprint often hands over to an ongoing arrangement where we keep the registers current and own the routine, typically through the outsourced DPO service. The comparison above shows where each fits.
Book a remediation consultation
Tell us roughly what the findings cover — no need to share the report yet — and we will come back within one business day with next steps and a scoping call.
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