GDPR Compliance UK
UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018 Compliance - ICO Audit-Ready Services
Praxis-Q delivers full UK GDPR compliance services aligned to the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, and ICO enforcement guidelines. Services cover gap assessment, ROPA, DPIAs, post-Brexit international transfer mechanisms (IDTA/SCCs), and DPO advisory for UK-based and international businesses processing UK resident data.
At a Glance
Law
UK GDPR+DPA 2018
Delivery
10-15 days
Enforcer
ICO (UK)
Max Fine
GBP 17.5M/4%
UK GDPR
GDPR Compliance UK
UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018 Compliance - ICO Audit-Ready Services
The Problem
Handling EU personal data without GDPR controls risks fines up to 4% of global turnover. Regulators act on complaints, and not knowing is not a defence.
What We Do
- UK GDPR Gap Analysis
- Data Mapping
- ROPA
- DPIAs
- Remediation
What You Get
- UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 compliance
- ICO audit-readiness assessment
- Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) development
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Post-Brexit international transfer mechanisms (IDTA/SCCs)
- Data Protection Officer (DPO) advisory and DPO-as-a-Service
- UK GDPR breach notification procedures (72-hour ICO reporting)
- Binding Corporate Rules and adequacy decision guidance
Why weeks, not months
AI-assisted evidence review, one client portal
Every UK GDPR engagement runs on the Praxis-Q compliance platform. You upload evidence per control, AI scores it against the requirement, and your auditor reviews in the same workflow — from scoping through to the issued, publicly verifiable certificate.
AI evidence scoring
Every upload is scored against the control before an auditor sees it — gaps surface in minutes, not at the review meeting.
One client portal
Scoping, evidence, auditor queries and status live in one place. No email chains, no spreadsheet trackers.
Auditor sign-off
Praxis-Q auditors review inside the same workflow, so review rounds shrink and the certificate issues sooner.
UK GDPR vs EU GDPR: Same Substance, Different Enforcement
UK GDPR carries forward the same core principles, lawful bases and data subject rights as EU GDPR, since it was created by domesticating the EU regulation into UK law after Brexit - but it's enforced by the ICO rather than an EU supervisory authority, and the two frameworks have started to diverge in specific areas as DUAA reforms UK GDPR while the EU regulation stays on its own separate amendment track. Praxis-Q scopes UK GDPR and EU GDPR compliance together for organisations serving both markets, flagging the specific points where the two now differ rather than assuming continued full alignment.
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025's Key Changes
DUAA introduces a new 'recognised legitimate interests' lawful basis covering specific purposes (including certain public-interest and safeguarding processing) where organisations don't need to complete a full legitimate interests assessment - a narrower carve-out than a general relaxation of the legitimate interests test. It also simplifies subject access request handling, adjusts the rules around solely automated decision-making to make it easier to use outside special category data with appropriate safeguards, and extends aspects of the direct-marketing soft opt-in. Provisions have been commencing in phases through 2026, with a further tranche - including employment-related data provisions - taking effect from 19 June 2026. Praxis-Q tracks which DUAA provisions are actually in force at any given point and builds compliance programmes against the current state rather than the pre-reform rules or provisions that haven't commenced yet.
The ICO Becomes the Information Commission
DUAA restructures the ICO's governance from a single Information Commissioner into a corporate body - the Information Commission, with a chair and chief executive - intended to bring the regulator's governance model closer to other UK regulators. This is a structural and governance change rather than a change to what conduct triggers enforcement, but organisations dealing with the regulator on a live matter should expect the transition to affect who they're corresponding with and how decisions are made during the changeover period.
DPIAs, International Transfers and Ongoing Obligations That Haven't Changed
The core UK GDPR obligations that DUAA leaves largely intact remain the backbone of most compliance programmes: Data Protection Impact Assessments for high-risk processing, the UK's own international transfer mechanism (the International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to the EU's Standard Contractual Clauses), and the general accountability principle requiring organisations to document how they comply, not just that they do. Praxis-Q builds these as the foundation of every UK GDPR engagement, with the DUAA-specific changes layered on top rather than replacing the underlying structure.
Engagement Model
Gap assessment against current UK GDPR requirements, including which DUAA provisions are already in force, typically takes one to two weeks. Deliverables include updated privacy notices, a DPIA methodology, international transfer documentation, and a review of lawful basis reliance to flag where the new recognised legitimate interests basis might simplify an existing process. Praxis-Q reviews client programmes again as each further DUAA tranche commences, rather than treating UK GDPR compliance as a one-time build against a static rulebook.