BD Emerson's GDPR Audit Services

BD Emerson's GDPR audit services test how your organization actually handles personal data: lawful basis, records of processing, data subject rights, retention, and transfer mechanisms. Our auditors work independently of our consulting and technology teams and report against the Regulation itself.
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Definition

GDPR audit explained

A GDPR audit, as conducted by BD Emerson, is a comprehensive and methodical evaluation designed to rigorously assess an organization's practices in handling personal data against the stringent standards of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This audit includes a detailed examination of organizational policies, procedures, and data processing activities to ensure that personal data is managed in a manner that respects individual rights and adheres to legal obligations.

Thorough review of practices:

The GDPR audit dives deep into an organization's data governance, evaluating how personal data is collected, stored, processed, and deleted. It scrutinizes your data security, consent mechanisms, data subject rights fulfillment, and cross-border data transfer policies, among other critical aspects.

Services

In-depth GDPR audit services by BD Emerson

Our auditors work independently of every other practice in the firm, and we do not audit environments we helped build. We test how you actually handle personal data against the Regulation, examine the evidence behind each control, and report what we found.
Lawful basis and processing records
Notices, consent, and policy testing
Data subject rights testing
Breach notification testing
Retention and international transfers

Lawful basis and processing records

We test whether every processing activity has an identified lawful basis under Article 6, and a valid Article 9 condition where special category data is involved.

We then compare your Article 30 records of processing against what your systems actually do. Records that omit a processing activity, name the wrong controller, or describe a purpose your systems no longer serve are reported as findings.

Notices, consent, and policy testing

We read your privacy notices, consent mechanisms, and data protection policies against Articles 12 to 14, then test whether what they promise is what happens.

A consent banner that sets non-essential cookies before consent, or a notice that omits a recipient category, is a finding. We report it. We do not rewrite your notices, because the firm testing them should not be the firm drafting them.

Data subject rights testing

We sample the data subject requests you actually received: access, erasure, rectification, portability, and objection. For each one we test whether it was identified, logged, answered within the one month Article 12 allows, and answered completely across every system holding that person's data.

Requests answered late, answered partially, or never logged appear in the report with the dates behind them.

Breach notification testing

Article 33 gives you 72 hours to notify a supervisory authority of a reportable breach. We test whether you can meet that: whether your assessment process is documented, whether past incidents were assessed against the reporting threshold, and whether notifications went out inside the window.

We test and report on that process. We do not run it for you, and we do not act as your incident responder.

Retention and international transfers

We test whether personal data is actually deleted on the schedule your retention policy states, including in backups, exports, and analytics copies where data usually survives past its stated life.

For every flow of personal data out of the EEA we test the transfer mechanism behind it: the adequacy decision, the standard contractual clauses, and whether a transfer impact assessment exists for the destination.
Benefits

Advantages of a GDPR audit

01

Validation of data protection

The audit rigorously examines and verifies the integrity of data security measures in place, confirming that they meet or exceed GDPR standards.

02

Compliance gap identification

Testing your actual practice against the Regulation shows where you fall short before a supervisory authority or a customer asks. Each gap is reported with the article it relates to and the evidence behind it, so your team knows precisely what is exposed.
03

Trust enhancement

Demonstrating compliance through a GDPR compliance audit fosters trust and confidence among customers, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.

04

Risk mitigation

The audit helps prevent the financial and reputational damage that can result from data breaches and non-compliance by proactively identifying and mitigating risks.

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Schedule a GDPR audit

Start your GDPR audit with an independent team that reports on what your records actually show. Where it helps, a GDPR audit can run alongside SOC 2 Type 1 or Type 2 work so the same evidence is gathered once rather than twice.
How We Work

What a GDPR audit examines

We test these areas against the Regulation and report what your records and systems actually show in each one.
Our Advantage

Why choose BD Emerson’s GDPR audit services

GDPR compliance is judged on evidence rather than intent. Our audits examine what your records and systems actually show, and report against the Regulation:

Independent of your vendors

We audit the records and system evidence you already hold, and we hold no reseller or implementation relationship with the platforms we test. What you run stays your decision, and our findings rest on the evidence alone.

Scoped to your processing

We scope each audit to the processing activities you actually run, so testing effort lands on the flows that carry real exposure rather than on a generic checklist. Each finding names the article it maps to and the evidence behind it.

Privacy audit experience

Our auditors have tested GDPR programs at controllers and processors. We know which obligations typically fail, which evidence proves a control operated, and where a policy says one thing while the system does another.
Reviews

What our customers say

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

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