The Initial Governance Assessment
The Mandatory First Step | 1 Business Day
We do not believe in "one-size-fits-all" compliance. Before we move to a long-term partnership, we conduct a high-intensity diagnostic of your current infrastructure. This ensures you are placed on the correct level of support and identifies immediate "red flags" that could stall enterprise sales, international expansion, or funding rounds.
What we analyze:
- Data Footprint: Volume of data subjects, categories of sensitive data, and cross-border flow.
- AI Maturity: Review of current AI integrations (APIs vs. proprietary models) and existing usage policies.
- Commercial Friction: Analysis of your current DPA and privacy clauses to identify legal bottlenecks in your sales cycle.
- Regulatory Hygiene: Gap analysis against UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and the emerging EU AI Act.
The Deliverable: You receive a RAG (Red-Amber-Green) Report detailing your immediate risks and a formal recommendation for your ongoing support level.
Ongoing Governance Levels
Foundational Support
Designed for startups that need a professional "Privacy Front Door" to satisfy investors and enterprise customers. This level provides the strategic oversight needed to maintain your regulatory "license to operate" without the overhead of a full-time hire.
- Commercial Sales Support. We review and redline DPAs and privacy clauses in your sales contracts. Our goal is to stop "legal back-and-forth" from stalling your revenue.
- The "License to Operate". We ensure your external-facing privacy notices and internal basic policies are tight, localised (UK/EU), and compliant.
- AI Risk Flagging. As you begin integrating third-party AI tools or APIs, we flag the regulatory hurdles before they become technical debt.
- Quarterly Health Checks. A structured deep-dive every 90 days to ensure your governance is evolving as fast as your product.
Embedded Governance
For high-growth SaaS and FinTech firms processing complex or high-risk data. We move beyond advisory into active implementation, acting as a fractional privacy lead for your executive team.
- Operational Drafting. We don’t just send templates; we draft your internal frameworks, AI acceptable use policies, and employee handbooks.
- DPIA Management. We lead the Data Protection Impact Assessments for every new feature, ensuring "Privacy by Design" is actually happening, not just talked about.
- Vendor Due Diligence. We manage the risk of your sub-processors, negotiating the complex data terms with your vendors so their mistakes don't become your liability.
- Executive Visibility. We provide the reporting metrics your leadership team needs to demonstrate compliance maturity to the Board or during due diligence.
Enterprise & Managed Function
- Proprietary AI Oversight. We manage the full lifecycle of your AI governance, including algorithmic transparency and compliance with the "High-Risk" categories of the EU AI Act.
- Global Expansion Strategy. We implement the complex "Transfer Impact Assessments" (TIAs) and legal mechanisms (SCCs/IDTAs) required for US, EU, and APAC data flows.
- Board-Level Advisory. We act as the strategic bridge between the engineering team and the Board, providing formal risk briefings and maturity benchmarks.
- Internal Audit & Training. We lead deep-dive internal audits and deliver bespoke training for your Engineering and Sales teams to ensure the framework is actually being followed.