Clear, outcome-focused data protection assessments covering UK GDPR, PECR and Data Use & Access.
Defensible findings and a clear action plan.
Human‑led | Governance‑focused | Regulator‑ready
Human‑led data protection assessment: Outcome‑focused, human‑led data protection audits delivered on‑site or fully remote.
Ideal for organisations requiring a governance‑led UK GDPR audit, regulator‑ready assurance, and practical remediation.
Typical focus areas include:
Output:
Clear findings, prioritised risks and a practical action plan aligned to UK GDPR, PECR and sector expectations.
Automated | Cloud‑first | Scalable assurance
We use leading compliance and analysis tools to:
Automated testing is validated by experienced consultants and combined with expert review, delivering:
Best suited for:
Cloud‑first and SaaS‑heavy organisations, regulated environments, and teams requiring scalable, repeatable assurance.
How we assess, evidence and validate real‑world compliance
Our proven Approach
Review of your documentation set against a clear, predefined compliance checklist focusing on suitability, consistency and practical use.
Targeted interviews with key roles to validate how data protection operates in practice and gather supporting evidence.
Where others stop at evidence checks, GRC Hub goes further by stress‑testing processes to confirm they work under real‑world conditions.
Assessment of policies and processes against the Data Use and Access framework.
Delivered by experienced DPOs, with a clear summary of impact and a proportionate action plan.
All assessments include clear findings, prioritised risks and a practical action plan.
We deliver practical, proportionate data protection assessments that strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and support confident decision‑making.
Our audits are designed to go beyond documentation and provide clear findings, prioritised risks, and a defensible action plan you can rely on with regulators, auditors, and senior leadership.
Key benefits of a GRC Hub assessment:
Our assessments are designed to reduce uncertainty, not create additional work.
Not convinced? Read our audit case study.
We work with organisations that require credible, defensible assurance, including:
Many clients use an assessment as a standalone assurance exercise or as the foundation for ongoing DPO support
Your audit questions answered
A data protection assessment is a structured review of how your organisation meets its data protection obligations in practice.
It looks at governance, documentation, processes, and evidence to identify compliance gaps, risk exposure, and improvement opportunities across UK GDPR, PECR and related legislation.
Unlike a basic checklist, a GRC Hub assessment focuses on real‑world operation, not just whether documents exist.
The terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a practical difference.
A GDPR audit is traditionally framed as a formal evidence based compliance review against regulatory requirements.
A data protection assessment can be more or less in depth
- Focusing on risk and maturity, not pass/fail
- Testing whether processes actually work
- Producing a prioritised action plan, not just findings
GRC Hub assessments combine the strengths of both approaches.
Our assessments can cover:
We tailor the scope so you are assessed only against what is relevant to your organisation.
Yes.
Our PECR assessments commonly review:
You’ll receive a clear view of exposure and practical steps to reduce enforcement risk without unnecessarily restricting legitimate activity.
It depends on the type of assessment (gap review, audit) and the scope. Shorter gap reviews can happen on short notice, whereas more indepth formal audits may require several weeks notice.
GRC Hub is sector-agnostic, but we do have several core sectors we are specialists in.
Our assessments are specifically designed to produce defensible evidence that can be relied upon in:
This is one of the most common reasons organisations commission an assessment.
Yes — every assessment includes a clear, prioritised action plan.
The action plan sets out:
We focus on practical remediation, not theoretical perfection.
Yes — and this is very common.
Many organisations have a solid policy set but want assurance that:
That is exactly what our assessments are designed to test.
Yes.
We regularly deliver bespoke deep‑dive assessments, including:
This approach is ideal where full audits are unnecessary.
Getting started is straightforward.
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