Data Protection for Growing Businesses: What Regulators Actually Check

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has moved from awareness to enforcement. Registration alone no longer signals compliance.

Organisations should maintain a record of processing activities, a defensible lawful basis for each activity, and retention schedules that are actually observed.

Data protection impact assessments are mandatory for high-risk processing, including large-scale profiling and processing of sensitive categories.

Vendor contracts require processor clauses. In practice, this is where most gaps appear during audits.