GDPR compliance is engineering work, not just a legal checkbox.
GDPR compliance requires specific technical implementations: consent management, data subject rights workflows, data retention policies, and processor agreements. Understanding what needs to be built and what can be handled with policy alone.
Need GDPR compliance for an EU user base or enterprise customers requiring GDPR assurance — the current application wasn't built with GDPR requirements in mind
GDPR has specific engineering requirements, not just legal policy:
Article 17 — Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"). Users can request deletion of their personal data. This means a deletion workflow that actually deletes the data from your primary database, removes it from backups on the retention schedule, and confirms deletion. Not just account deactivation.
Article 20 — Right to Data Portability. Users can request a machine-readable export of their personal data. An API endpoint or dashboard feature that generates a ZIP/JSON export of all data associated with the user.
Article 7 — Consent. If your legal basis for processing is consent (not legitimate interest or contract), you must record when and what users consented to. Retroactive consent doesn't work. Consent records must be stored and producible.
Article 13/14 — Privacy Information. Users must be informed what data is collected, for what purpose, and for how long at collection time. Privacy policy must accurately reflect the actual implementation.
Article 25 — Data Protection by Design. Data minimization: only collect what's needed. Pseudonymization where possible. Access controls so data is only accessible to who needs it.
The practical implementation:
user_data_deletion_requeststable tracking deletion requests and completion- Deletion jobs that cascade through all tables containing user PII
- Data export endpoint generating user's full data
- Consent events table with timestamp, consent type, and version
- Role-based access so only authorized roles can access sensitive data
GDPR-compliant application with proper consent management, data subject rights workflows, data retention, and the technical documentation enterprise customers require
Data deletion workflow
with full cascade and confirmation
Data export endpoint
for user data portability requests
Consent management
with logged consent events
Data retention automation
deleting data after defined retention periods
Privacy policy accuracy review
against the actual data model
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
GDPR-compliant application with proper consent management, data subject rights workflows, data retention, and the technical documentation enterprise customers require
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
GDPR technical requirements are enumerable. The scope is the specific Articles that require engineering implementation.
Questions, answered.
No. GDPR applies to anyone processing the personal data of EU residents, regardless of where the company is located. If you have EU users, GDPR applies.
Up to 4% of global annual revenue or €20 million, whichever is higher, for serious violations. Enforcement has increased since 2018; Irish DPC fines of €1.2 billion (Meta) demonstrate real enforcement.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.