Global & regional laws / Law or regulation

UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018

The UK’s data protection regime, closely based on the EU GDPR.

The UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 govern personal data in the UK, enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office. They mirror the EU GDPR with UK-specific provisions on transfers, exemptions and enforcement, and continue to evolve through UK reform legislation.

We extend your GDPR programme to the UK, including transfer mechanisms such as the International Data Transfer Agreement and UK addendum.

Who it is for

  • Organisations with UK customers, users or employees
  • Processors serving UK clients

What you gain

  • One programme covering EU and UK
  • Lawful UK transfers

How we get you compliant

  1. Applicability and scoping

    Confirm whether and how the law applies to you, entities, data, systems, roles and territories.

  2. Data and process mapping

    Build a record of processing or control inventory so obligations can be tied to real systems and owners.

  3. Gap assessment

    Measure current practice against each obligation and rank the gaps by legal and business risk.

  4. Remediation roadmap

    Policies, notices, contracts, technical controls and governance, sequenced so the highest risks close first.

  5. Evidence and ongoing monitoring

    A compliance calendar, metrics and periodic reviews so you can demonstrate compliance to a regulator or customer at any time.

UK GDPR questions

Do we need separate UK and EU representatives?
Organisations outside both the UK and EU that are in scope of both may need a representative in each.

Ready to start on UK GDPR?

Tell us which standard or customer requirement you are facing. In a free 30-minute call we will outline the gaps, a realistic timeline and what it will take to be audit-ready.