UK GDPR audits, DPIAs, and DPO-as-a-Service.
ICO-aligned data protection programme work. We map the data, write the policies, run DPIAs, and act as your Data Protection Officer when you need one.
What is UK GDPR?
UK GDPR is the UK’s domesticated General Data Protection Regulation, supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018. Together they regulate how personal data is processed in the UK — from privacy notices and lawful basis through subject rights, data security, breach notification, and international transfers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the regulator.
It applies to almost every UK organisation that handles personal data — customer contact details, employee records, supplier contacts — and the bar for compliance has risen as the regulator has moved beyond first-wave guidance into focused, targeted enforcement.
Key facts
- Primary regulation
- UK GDPR
- Breach notification
- 72hr
- Data subject rights
- 8
- UK regulator
- ICO
Legislative update
The UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 has received royal assent and is commencing on a staged basis. It modifies parts of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. We track the legislation as it takes effect and advise retainer clients on transitional impact.
What we do
Four engagement components covering the full UK GDPR programme.
Data mapping and ROPA
Records of Processing Activities, data flows, and lawful-basis documentation. The Article 30 baseline that every other privacy decision rests on.
DPIAs and PIAs
Data Protection Impact Assessments for high-risk processing under Article 35, and lighter-weight Privacy Impact Assessments for routine change.
DPO-as-a-Service
Outsourced Data Protection Officer for organisations that need the role but cannot justify a full-time hire. Independent, qualified, and named on your privacy notice.
Breach response and ICO liaison
Pre-built incident playbooks, 72-hour notification support, and direct ICO liaison if and when the worst happens. We do the regulatory side so you can run the response.
How a privacy programme runs
Five stages from scoping call to ongoing operation. Annual review thereafter.
- 1
Scoping call
30 minutes, freeWe confirm your processing activities, current programme maturity, sectors, and any cross-border data flows. Identify the priority work for the first 90 days.
- 2
Data mapping
3–5 weeksRecords of Processing Activities (Article 30), system inventory, lawful basis assessment, and data-flow diagrams. The baseline document set every privacy programme starts from.
- 3
Policy and process build
4–8 weeksPrivacy notices, internal policies, retention schedules, supplier DPIA template, breach response plan, data subject request workflow. Built to fit your operating model.
- 4
DPIAs and ongoing operation
VariableDPIAs for high-risk processing as it arises. Ongoing operation: data subject requests, supplier reviews, training, ROPA refresh.
- 5
Annual review or DPO retainer
AnnualAnnual programme review against ICO expectations, or full DPO-as-a-Service retainer where you need a named, independent Data Protection Officer.
The eight data subject rights
Every UK GDPR programme has to make these eight rights operationally workable. The bar is “without undue delay” — typically one calendar month for most rights.
Why 1 Sequence Cyber
PCI SSC-listed QSAC
Listed on the PCI Security Standards Council website as a Qualified Security Assessor Company. We bring the same evidentiary rigour to UK GDPR programme work.
CREST DPT alignment
Penetration Testing aligned to the CREST Defensible Penetration Test specification — directly relevant to UK GDPR Article 32 (security of processing) and Article 33 / 34 breach response.
Ready to start your privacy programme?
Tell us where you are today — first programme, audit prep, post-incident, or DPO retainer. We’ll come back with a fixed-fee proposal within 48 hours.
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