EU Representation Services

• Reach Out: Contact us via our website, phone, or email to start the conversation.
• Understanding Needs: We collect some basic information to understand your specific needs and challenges.

• Discovery Session: A free, no-obligation consultation with one of our senior consultants. We’ll discuss your requirements, objectives, and any compliance or certification challenges you’re facing.
• Tailored Guidance: We’ll outline the potential paths forward, providing initial advice on how best to achieve your goals.

• Identifying Gaps: We conduct a detailed gap analysis to assess your current status against the requirements of the desired certification or compliance standard.
• Custom Report: You’ll receive a detailed report that highlights areas of non-compliance, areas for improvement, and a clear action plan to bridge these gaps.

• Dedicated Consultant Assigned: A senior consultant with expertise in your industry will be assigned to guide you throughout the process.
• Step-by-Step Support: Our consultant will work alongside you to implement necessary changes, complete documentation, and provide training as needed.
• Actionable Plan: We provide a timeline and practical steps to achieve compliance, ensuring you stay on track.

• Pre-Audit Preparation: We assist in preparing for third-party audits by ensuring all processes and documents are in place.
• Audit Support: Our team will provide support during audits, whether remote or onsite, to ensure a smooth process and successful outcome.

• Maintenance and Updates: After achieving certification, we offer ongoing support to help maintain compliance, keep certifications up to date, and respond to any regulatory changes.
• Continuous Improvement: Our goal is not only to help you achieve compliance but also to foster continuous improvement, making compliance a seamless part of your business operations.

These UK companies will need to appoint a Representative that:

• Acts as the point of contact for data subjects and supervisory authorities; and
• Enables supervisory authorities to pursue enforcement actions within the territories

This is set out in more detail by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the supervisory body for Data Protection in the UK. As compliance experts, our team can help to explain and ensure you are not falling foul of the regulation.

So, if you currently have customers within the EEA but have no offices – that is, only UK offices – then you will need to appoint a representative within the geographical area of the EEA.

The Representative undertakes the following responsibilities:

• Co-operates with the supervisory authorities of the EU countries
• Liaises between your customers and your organisation on data protection matters
• Ensure compliance with the GDPR

If you fail to appoint an EU Representative for your business when the above rules apply, you are in breach of the GDPR.

Simply put, you are breaking the law and by not complying with your legal obligations. This means that you will heavily-fined – potentially up to 4% of your global turnover.

It will also adversely affect your business in terms of loss of reputation, caused by the associated negative publicity. It may also lead to lawsuits from Data Subjects – your EU customers, whose rights have been infringed.

An important question! Use our flowchart below and answer a few simple questions to understand what you need to do for your business. Simply download and get in touch with us with the outcome.