Europe's data protection regulation with global reach. Alvor maps GDPR articles to technical and organizational controls, tracks data processing activities, and maintains the documentation supervisory authorities expect.
GDPR overview
4%
Max fine (global turnover)
72h
Breach notification deadline
99
Articles mapped
The GDPR applies to any organization processing personal data of EU residents - regardless of where the organization is based. It mandates specific rights for data subjects, strict breach notification timelines, and documented accountability for data processing. Non-compliance carries fines of up to 4% of annual global turnover or €20M, whichever is higher.
Domain coverage
GDPR establishes comprehensive obligations around data processing, individual rights, organizational accountability, and cross-border transfers.
Document your lawful basis for each processing activity - consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, or legitimate interests. Manage consent records with withdrawal tracking.
Right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and automated decision-making. Each right requires documented processes and response timelines.
Integrate data protection into processing activities from the design stage. Implement technical and organizational measures that enforce data minimization and purpose limitation.
Maintain Article 30 records of processing activities - purposes, categories, recipients, transfers, retention periods, and security measures for every processing operation.
Conduct DPIAs for processing likely to result in high risk. Document the assessment, necessity evaluation, risk mitigation measures, and supervisory authority consultation where required.
Document transfer mechanisms for personal data leaving the EEA - adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, binding corporate rules, or derogations under Article 49.
Common challenges
The problem
Article 30 records of processing scattered across Word documents, spreadsheets, and tribal knowledge
How Alvor helps
Structured records of processing with automated field mapping - purposes, categories, recipients, retention periods, and security measures in one place
The problem
Data subject access requests arrive by email and you have no systematic process to fulfill them within 30 days
How Alvor helps
DSAR workflow tracks requests from receipt through fulfillment with deadline alerts, response templates, and audit trails
The problem
A breach occurs and you're not sure if you can meet the 72-hour notification requirement to your supervisory authority
How Alvor helps
Pre-built breach assessment workflow determines notification requirements, generates authority notification documents, and tracks response timelines
The problem
No documented DPIAs for high-risk processing activities that launched months ago
How Alvor helps
DPIA templates with risk scoring, necessity evaluation, and mitigation tracking. Flag processing activities that require assessments before they go live
What you get
Maintain structured records of processing activities with all required fields. Link processing activities to lawful bases, data categories, retention periods, and technical security measures.
Track DSARs from submission through fulfillment - identity verification, data collection, review, and response. Deadline tracking with escalation alerts at 21 and 28 days.
Document consent collection, storage, and withdrawal for each processing purpose. Maintain audit trails proving consent was freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous.
Structured data protection impact assessments with risk scoring, necessity evaluation, and mitigation planning. Automatically flag processing activities that meet DPIA thresholds.
When incidents occur, the breach assessment workflow determines severity, identifies affected data subjects, generates supervisory authority notifications, and tracks the 72-hour deadline.
Document international data transfer mechanisms and assess the legal framework of destination countries. Generate transfer impact assessments for supervisory authority review.
Frequently asked
Practical answers for teams building privacy programs, responding to data subject requests, and preparing for supervisory authority scrutiny.
GDPR applies to any organization that processes personal data of individuals in the European Economic Area, regardless of where the organization is based. If you offer goods or services to EU residents, or monitor their behavior, you are in scope. GDPR also applies transitively - if you are a data processor for an EU-facing customer, their obligations flow through to you via the data processing agreement.
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