GDPR & Privacy Due Diligence for Investors (DDI),
ensure funding moves forward — not laterally into regulatory risk.
It is crucial to know whether the party you want to invest in is GDPR compliant (because mandatory for every entrepreneur and organization in the European Union) and respects the privacy of employees, suppliers and customers.
Why our DDI-program helps investors.
Our GDPR & Privacy Due Diligence for Investors program (DDI) helps investors to fully identify the risk of privacy and GDPR-related issues of the organization in which they want to invest. Through this extensive program, the investor minimizes risks of legal issues regarding these factors by turning privacy-related uncertainties into concrete, actionable inputs across legal, financial, operational and reputational dimensions.
The DDI program identifies regulatory non-compliance and potential (heavy!) fines and sanctions under GDPR and related privacy laws, so investors understand regulatory risk and can avoid or price troubled targets. It also surfaces financial exposure from past breaches, investigations or required remediation, enabling accurate valuation adjustments, indemnities or walk-away decisions.
By reviewing privacy practices, breach history and transparency, our report provides insight into reputational risk and customer retention impact, which feeds into revenue forecasts. The program also examines contracts and data transfer mechanisms to uncover commercial or contractual gaps that could block business models or cross‑border activities. Finally, it highlights remediation opportunities and quick wins that can increase enterprise value after investment.
The evidence from this DDI program supports deal structuring—price adjustments, escrow, milestones or conditional closings. It helps identify organizations that are at risk of massive fines due to non-compliance with the GDPR and privacy legislation, and it helps investors prefer targets whose privacy posture aligns with strategic goals or offers competitive differentiation.
What we deliver for investors.
An easy-to-understand and detailed GDPR & Privacy Due Diligence for Investors report, based on an all-inclusive and very specific audit (DPIA) done by one of our Chief Information Security Officers with experience in Due Diligence programs. This extensive report includes:
Data Scope & Flows — What categories of personal data does the target collect, process, store or share (customers, employees, vendors, special categories, children), where is that data located (countries/regions), and which third parties or subprocessors receive or access it?
Legal Basis & Purpose — For each major processing activity, what is the legal basis (consent, contract, legitimate interest, legal obligation, vital interests) and the documented purpose(s); are there supporting records (ROPA, privacy notices, consents, DPIAs)?
Cross‑Border Transfers & Safeguards — Does the company transfer personal data outside the EEA/UK; if so, by what mechanism (SCCs, adequacy decision, BCRs, standard contractual clauses, contractual clauses, other) and are transfer impact assessments or supplementary measures documented?
Governance, Security & Incident History — Describe privacy governance (DPO, privacy lead, policies, training, data protection by design), technical and organizational security controls (encryption, access controls, logging, retention), and provide a summary of security incidents or data breaches in the last 36 months and any regulatory notifications or fines.
In addition to this comprehensive, forensic-grade report, we include a one-page Investor Brief template that presents a concise, transparent snapshot of the due diligence outcome. The brief highlights the single most material conclusions, a clear risk rating, critical findings — including any CISO-identified red flags — alongside estimated remediation cost/time and recommended deal gating or contractual mitigations. Designed for investment committees and term-sheet discussions, the one-page brief makes technical evidence immediately actionable and sets out next-step owners and timelines so investors can assess exposure and conditionality at a glance.
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