GDPR Compliance Checklist

Determine if you process data based on consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, or legitimate interests.

Keep internal records showing which lawful basis applies to each type of processing.

If relying on consent, ensure it's freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous.

Your policy should explain what data you collect, why, how you use it, and who you share it with.

Link to your privacy policy in your website footer and during account registration.

Avoid legal jargon. Users should understand their rights and how their data is used.

Users can request a copy of their personal data in a machine-readable format.

Users can request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.

Users can request deletion of their personal data under certain conditions.

Users can limit how you process their data in certain situations.

Users can object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.

Implement HTTPS/TLS for data transmission and encrypt sensitive data in storage.

Limit data access to authorized personnel only using role-based permissions.

Plan for detecting, reporting, and investigating data breaches within 72 hours.

Periodically review and test your security measures and update them as needed.

Ensure written contracts with vendors who process data on your behalf.

Check that third-party services you use are also GDPR compliant.

Use Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or adequacy decisions for data transfers outside the EU.

Document what data you process, purposes, categories of data subjects, and retention periods.

Required for high-risk processing activities that could impact users' rights and freedoms.

Track when and how users gave consent, and what they consented to.

Determine how long you need to keep different types of data and document this.

Set up processes to automatically delete data after retention periods expire.

Periodically audit stored data and remove what's no longer needed.