A Closer Look at GDPR StepWise™
GDPR StepWise™ is a simple, step-by-step service designed to help your business achieve full GDPR compliance - without confusion or stress. Our pathway includes 10 clear stages, each one building on the last, so you always know what comes next and why it matters. We begin with the most urgent requirements building the foundation, then guide you all the way through to the long-term steps that keep your business protected for good.
EACH STEP IS DELIVERED FOR YOU - so you don’t have to worry about doing the work yourself.
You complete one step per month, keeping costs steady and manageable, with each step priced under £1,000. Most businesses finish the whole process in 10 to 12 months, depending on their unique needs. StepWise™ is perfect for small and growing businesses who want a clear roadmap and total peace of mind. You stay in control, see consistent progress, and understand every part of your journey to compliance - while our experts handle the heavy lifting.
Put simply, GDPR StepWise™ takes care of compliance so you can focus on running your business.


Additionally, we will ensure that your data processing activities align with the principles of data protection and GDPR requirements. With our Data Mapping & Foundation service, you can gain a clear understanding of your data processing activities and take the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers and employees.


By ensuring that privacy notices (Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Cookie Banner, Internal Privacy Policy (SOP) Standard Operating Procedure) meet Articles 13 and 14 requirements, we help businesses avoid potential penalties and maintain the trust of their customers. Our framework provides a comprehensive solution to managing privacy notices effectively, giving businesses peace of mind in their GDPR compliance efforts. Let us help you take the confusion out of GDPR transparency requirements and build a stronger relationship with your customers.


You’ll also receive guidance on creating clear public instructions for individuals making requests, redacting third-party data, and ensuring consistent, lawful responses. By implementing this process, your business will demonstrate accountability, meet UK GDPR obligations efficiently, and build customer trust through transparency and responsiveness.


This includes ensuring contracts contain the required GDPR clauses on confidentiality, security measures, sub-processing, data deletion, and international transfers.
You’ll also receive guidance on establishing vendor due diligence processes and monitoring arrangements that keep your compliance up to date. By implementing these measures, your business strengthens trust, reduces liability, and ensures that all suppliers and partners meet the same high data protection standards you do, protecting both your reputation and your customers’ personal information.


You’ll also learn how to record outcomes, implement safeguards, and keep your DPIAs under regular review as projects evolve. Where high risks remain, we help you prepare for ICO consultation to ensure full accountability. Completing DPIAs proactively protects your organisation from costly missteps, demonstrates responsible governance, and enables innovation while maintaining compliance with the UK GDPR.


We also help you establish ongoing monitoring and review processes to analyse trends, prevent repeat issues, and strengthen your security posture. By building a structured breach response and monitoring framework, your organisation can demonstrate accountability, minimise damage, and respond confidently under the UK GDPR.


You’ll also receive tools to maintain ongoing awareness, including induction materials, refresher sessions, and internal communications like newsletters or team briefings. By embedding GDPR understanding across your organisation, you reduce human error, strengthen compliance, and demonstrate to regulators and customers that privacy is an active, company-wide priority.


We also embed data minimisation practices to ensure you only process the data needed for each purpose. This includes identifying unnecessary or duplicate information, applying anonymisation or pseudonymisation, and reducing data volumes across systems. Together, these measures reduce risk, strengthen security, and ensure your business meets GDPR principles of necessity, proportionality, and storage limitation.


You’ll also receive a clear role description, governance checklist, and guidance on how the DPO should monitor compliance, advise on risk, oversee DPIAs, and act as the contact point for the ICO and data subjects. This ensures your organisation demonstrates transparency, leadership, and ongoing responsibility for protecting personal data.


You’ll also receive tools to document improvements, record decisions, and evidence accountability to clients or regulators. By embedding GDPR compliance into your ongoing governance cycle, your organisation maintains resilience, transparency, and trust, demonstrating that data protection is not a one-time project but a continuous commitment to responsible growth.




Additionally, we will ensure that your data processing activities align with the principles of data protection and GDPR requirements. With our Data Mapping & Foundation service, you can gain a clear understanding of your data processing activities and take the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers and employees.


By ensuring that privacy notices (Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Cookie Banner, Internal Privacy Policy (SOP) Standard Operating Procedure) meet Articles 13 and 14 requirements, we help businesses avoid potential penalties and maintain the trust of their customers. Our framework provides a comprehensive solution to managing privacy notices effectively, giving businesses peace of mind in their GDPR compliance efforts. Let us help you take the confusion out of GDPR transparency requirements and build a stronger relationship with your customers.


You’ll also receive guidance on creating clear public instructions for individuals making requests, redacting third-party data, and ensuring consistent, lawful responses. By implementing this process, your business will demonstrate accountability, meet UK GDPR obligations efficiently, and build customer trust through transparency and responsiveness.


This includes ensuring contracts contain the required GDPR clauses on confidentiality, security measures, sub-processing, data deletion, and international transfers.
You’ll also receive guidance on establishing vendor due diligence processes and monitoring arrangements that keep your compliance up to date. By implementing these measures, your business strengthens trust, reduces liability, and ensures that all suppliers and partners meet the same high data protection standards you do, protecting both your reputation and your customers’ personal information.


You’ll also learn how to record outcomes, implement safeguards, and keep your DPIAs under regular review as projects evolve. Where high risks remain, we help you prepare for ICO consultation to ensure full accountability. Completing DPIAs proactively protects your organisation from costly missteps, demonstrates responsible governance, and enables innovation while maintaining compliance with the UK GDPR.


We also help you establish ongoing monitoring and review processes to analyse trends, prevent repeat issues, and strengthen your security posture. By building a structured breach response and monitoring framework, your organisation can demonstrate accountability, minimise damage, and respond confidently under the UK GDPR.


You’ll also receive tools to maintain ongoing awareness, including induction materials, refresher sessions, and internal communications like newsletters or team briefings. By embedding GDPR understanding across your organisation, you reduce human error, strengthen compliance, and demonstrate to regulators and customers that privacy is an active, company-wide priority.


We also embed data minimisation practices to ensure you only process the data needed for each purpose. This includes identifying unnecessary or duplicate information, applying anonymisation or pseudonymisation, and reducing data volumes across systems. Together, these measures reduce risk, strengthen security, and ensure your business meets GDPR principles of necessity, proportionality, and storage limitation.


You’ll also receive a clear role description, governance checklist, and guidance on how the DPO should monitor compliance, advise on risk, oversee DPIAs, and act as the contact point for the ICO and data subjects. This ensures your organisation demonstrates transparency, leadership, and ongoing responsibility for protecting personal data.


You’ll also receive tools to document improvements, record decisions, and evidence accountability to clients or regulators. By embedding GDPR compliance into your ongoing governance cycle, your organisation maintains resilience, transparency, and trust, demonstrating that data protection is not a one-time project but a continuous commitment to responsible growth.




Additionally, we will ensure that your data processing activities align with the principles of data protection and GDPR requirements. With our Data Mapping & Foundation service, you can gain a clear understanding of your data processing activities and take the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers and employees.


By ensuring that privacy notices (Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Cookie Banner, Internal Privacy Policy (SOP) Standard Operating Procedure) meet Articles 13 and 14 requirements, we help businesses avoid potential penalties and maintain the trust of their customers. Our framework provides a comprehensive solution to managing privacy notices effectively, giving businesses peace of mind in their GDPR compliance efforts. Let us help you take the confusion out of GDPR transparency requirements and build a stronger relationship with your customers.


You’ll also receive guidance on creating clear public instructions for individuals making requests, redacting third-party data, and ensuring consistent, lawful responses. By implementing this process, your business will demonstrate accountability, meet UK GDPR obligations efficiently, and build customer trust through transparency and responsiveness.


This includes ensuring contracts contain the required GDPR clauses on confidentiality, security measures, sub-processing, data deletion, and international transfers.
You’ll also receive guidance on establishing vendor due diligence processes and monitoring arrangements that keep your compliance up to date. By implementing these measures, your business strengthens trust, reduces liability, and ensures that all suppliers and partners meet the same high data protection standards you do, protecting both your reputation and your customers’ personal information.


You’ll also learn how to record outcomes, implement safeguards, and keep your DPIAs under regular review as projects evolve. Where high risks remain, we help you prepare for ICO consultation to ensure full accountability. Completing DPIAs proactively protects your organisation from costly missteps, demonstrates responsible governance, and enables innovation while maintaining compliance with the UK GDPR.


We also help you establish ongoing monitoring and review processes to analyse trends, prevent repeat issues, and strengthen your security posture. By building a structured breach response and monitoring framework, your organisation can demonstrate accountability, minimise damage, and respond confidently under the UK GDPR.


You’ll also receive tools to maintain ongoing awareness, including induction materials, refresher sessions, and internal communications like newsletters or team briefings. By embedding GDPR understanding across your organisation, you reduce human error, strengthen compliance, and demonstrate to regulators and customers that privacy is an active, company-wide priority.


We also embed data minimisation practices to ensure you only process the data needed for each purpose. This includes identifying unnecessary or duplicate information, applying anonymisation or pseudonymisation, and reducing data volumes across systems. Together, these measures reduce risk, strengthen security, and ensure your business meets GDPR principles of necessity, proportionality, and storage limitation.


You’ll also receive a clear role description, governance checklist, and guidance on how the DPO should monitor compliance, advise on risk, oversee DPIAs, and act as the contact point for the ICO and data subjects. This ensures your organisation demonstrates transparency, leadership, and ongoing responsibility for protecting personal data.


You’ll also receive tools to document improvements, record decisions, and evidence accountability to clients or regulators. By embedding GDPR compliance into your ongoing governance cycle, your organisation maintains resilience, transparency, and trust, demonstrating that data protection is not a one-time project but a continuous commitment to responsible growth.




Additionally, we will ensure that your data processing activities align with the principles of data protection and GDPR requirements. With our Data Mapping & Foundation service, you can gain a clear understanding of your data processing activities and take the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers and employees.


By ensuring that privacy notices (Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Cookie Banner, Internal Privacy Policy (SOP) Standard Operating Procedure) meet Articles 13 and 14 requirements, we help businesses avoid potential penalties and maintain the trust of their customers. Our framework provides a comprehensive solution to managing privacy notices effectively, giving businesses peace of mind in their GDPR compliance efforts. Let us help you take the confusion out of GDPR transparency requirements and build a stronger relationship with your customers.


You’ll also receive guidance on creating clear public instructions for individuals making requests, redacting third-party data, and ensuring consistent, lawful responses. By implementing this process, your business will demonstrate accountability, meet UK GDPR obligations efficiently, and build customer trust through transparency and responsiveness.


This includes ensuring contracts contain the required GDPR clauses on confidentiality, security measures, sub-processing, data deletion, and international transfers.
You’ll also receive guidance on establishing vendor due diligence processes and monitoring arrangements that keep your compliance up to date. By implementing these measures, your business strengthens trust, reduces liability, and ensures that all suppliers and partners meet the same high data protection standards you do, protecting both your reputation and your customers’ personal information.


You’ll also learn how to record outcomes, implement safeguards, and keep your DPIAs under regular review as projects evolve. Where high risks remain, we help you prepare for ICO consultation to ensure full accountability. Completing DPIAs proactively protects your organisation from costly missteps, demonstrates responsible governance, and enables innovation while maintaining compliance with the UK GDPR.


We also help you establish ongoing monitoring and review processes to analyse trends, prevent repeat issues, and strengthen your security posture. By building a structured breach response and monitoring framework, your organisation can demonstrate accountability, minimise damage, and respond confidently under the UK GDPR.


You’ll also receive tools to maintain ongoing awareness, including induction materials, refresher sessions, and internal communications like newsletters or team briefings. By embedding GDPR understanding across your organisation, you reduce human error, strengthen compliance, and demonstrate to regulators and customers that privacy is an active, company-wide priority.


We also embed data minimisation practices to ensure you only process the data needed for each purpose. This includes identifying unnecessary or duplicate information, applying anonymisation or pseudonymisation, and reducing data volumes across systems. Together, these measures reduce risk, strengthen security, and ensure your business meets GDPR principles of necessity, proportionality, and storage limitation.


You’ll also receive a clear role description, governance checklist, and guidance on how the DPO should monitor compliance, advise on risk, oversee DPIAs, and act as the contact point for the ICO and data subjects. This ensures your organisation demonstrates transparency, leadership, and ongoing responsibility for protecting personal data.


You’ll also receive tools to document improvements, record decisions, and evidence accountability to clients or regulators. By embedding GDPR compliance into your ongoing governance cycle, your organisation maintains resilience, transparency, and trust, demonstrating that data protection is not a one-time project but a continuous commitment to responsible growth.




Additionally, we will ensure that your data processing activities align with the principles of data protection and GDPR requirements. With our Data Mapping & Foundation service, you can gain a clear understanding of your data processing activities and take the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers and employees.


By ensuring that privacy notices (Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Cookie Banner, Internal Privacy Policy (SOP) Standard Operating Procedure) meet Articles 13 and 14 requirements, we help businesses avoid potential penalties and maintain the trust of their customers. Our framework provides a comprehensive solution to managing privacy notices effectively, giving businesses peace of mind in their GDPR compliance efforts. Let us help you take the confusion out of GDPR transparency requirements and build a stronger relationship with your customers.


You’ll also receive guidance on creating clear public instructions for individuals making requests, redacting third-party data, and ensuring consistent, lawful responses. By implementing this process, your business will demonstrate accountability, meet UK GDPR obligations efficiently, and build customer trust through transparency and responsiveness.


This includes ensuring contracts contain the required GDPR clauses on confidentiality, security measures, sub-processing, data deletion, and international transfers.
You’ll also receive guidance on establishing vendor due diligence processes and monitoring arrangements that keep your compliance up to date. By implementing these measures, your business strengthens trust, reduces liability, and ensures that all suppliers and partners meet the same high data protection standards you do, protecting both your reputation and your customers’ personal information.


You’ll also learn how to record outcomes, implement safeguards, and keep your DPIAs under regular review as projects evolve. Where high risks remain, we help you prepare for ICO consultation to ensure full accountability. Completing DPIAs proactively protects your organisation from costly missteps, demonstrates responsible governance, and enables innovation while maintaining compliance with the UK GDPR.


We also help you establish ongoing monitoring and review processes to analyse trends, prevent repeat issues, and strengthen your security posture. By building a structured breach response and monitoring framework, your organisation can demonstrate accountability, minimise damage, and respond confidently under the UK GDPR.


You’ll also receive tools to maintain ongoing awareness, including induction materials, refresher sessions, and internal communications like newsletters or team briefings. By embedding GDPR understanding across your organisation, you reduce human error, strengthen compliance, and demonstrate to regulators and customers that privacy is an active, company-wide priority.


We also embed data minimisation practices to ensure you only process the data needed for each purpose. This includes identifying unnecessary or duplicate information, applying anonymisation or pseudonymisation, and reducing data volumes across systems. Together, these measures reduce risk, strengthen security, and ensure your business meets GDPR principles of necessity, proportionality, and storage limitation.


You’ll also receive a clear role description, governance checklist, and guidance on how the DPO should monitor compliance, advise on risk, oversee DPIAs, and act as the contact point for the ICO and data subjects. This ensures your organisation demonstrates transparency, leadership, and ongoing responsibility for protecting personal data.


You’ll also receive tools to document improvements, record decisions, and evidence accountability to clients or regulators. By embedding GDPR compliance into your ongoing governance cycle, your organisation maintains resilience, transparency, and trust, demonstrating that data protection is not a one-time project but a continuous commitment to responsible growth.




Additionally, we will ensure that your data processing activities align with the principles of data protection and GDPR requirements. With our Data Mapping & Foundation service, you can gain a clear understanding of your data processing activities and take the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers and employees.


By ensuring that privacy notices (Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Cookie Banner, Internal Privacy Policy (SOP) Standard Operating Procedure) meet Articles 13 and 14 requirements, we help businesses avoid potential penalties and maintain the trust of their customers. Our framework provides a comprehensive solution to managing privacy notices effectively, giving businesses peace of mind in their GDPR compliance efforts. Let us help you take the confusion out of GDPR transparency requirements and build a stronger relationship with your customers.


You’ll also receive guidance on creating clear public instructions for individuals making requests, redacting third-party data, and ensuring consistent, lawful responses. By implementing this process, your business will demonstrate accountability, meet UK GDPR obligations efficiently, and build customer trust through transparency and responsiveness.


This includes ensuring contracts contain the required GDPR clauses on confidentiality, security measures, sub-processing, data deletion, and international transfers.
You’ll also receive guidance on establishing vendor due diligence processes and monitoring arrangements that keep your compliance up to date. By implementing these measures, your business strengthens trust, reduces liability, and ensures that all suppliers and partners meet the same high data protection standards you do, protecting both your reputation and your customers’ personal information.


You’ll also learn how to record outcomes, implement safeguards, and keep your DPIAs under regular review as projects evolve. Where high risks remain, we help you prepare for ICO consultation to ensure full accountability. Completing DPIAs proactively protects your organisation from costly missteps, demonstrates responsible governance, and enables innovation while maintaining compliance with the UK GDPR.


We also help you establish ongoing monitoring and review processes to analyse trends, prevent repeat issues, and strengthen your security posture. By building a structured breach response and monitoring framework, your organisation can demonstrate accountability, minimise damage, and respond confidently under the UK GDPR.


You’ll also receive tools to maintain ongoing awareness, including induction materials, refresher sessions, and internal communications like newsletters or team briefings. By embedding GDPR understanding across your organisation, you reduce human error, strengthen compliance, and demonstrate to regulators and customers that privacy is an active, company-wide priority.


We also embed data minimisation practices to ensure you only process the data needed for each purpose. This includes identifying unnecessary or duplicate information, applying anonymisation or pseudonymisation, and reducing data volumes across systems. Together, these measures reduce risk, strengthen security, and ensure your business meets GDPR principles of necessity, proportionality, and storage limitation.


You’ll also receive a clear role description, governance checklist, and guidance on how the DPO should monitor compliance, advise on risk, oversee DPIAs, and act as the contact point for the ICO and data subjects. This ensures your organisation demonstrates transparency, leadership, and ongoing responsibility for protecting personal data.


You’ll also receive tools to document improvements, record decisions, and evidence accountability to clients or regulators. By embedding GDPR compliance into your ongoing governance cycle, your organisation maintains resilience, transparency, and trust, demonstrating that data protection is not a one-time project but a continuous commitment to responsible growth.


A: Throughout the GDPR StepWise program, you can expect comprehensive support from our team. This includes regular check-ins, detailed guidance on each step, access to resources and templates, and ongoing advice to ensure you stay on track with your compliance goals.
A: The GDPR StepWise program is designed to be completed in 10 months, with each month focusing on a specific step towards achieving full GDPR compliance. This structured timeline ensures that businesses can systematically address all aspects of GDPR requirements without feeling overwhelmed.
A: Throughout the GDPR StepWise program, you can expect comprehensive support from our team. This includes regular check-ins, detailed guidance on each step, access to resources and templates, and ongoing advice to ensure you stay on track with your compliance goals.
A: If you miss a step or fall behind schedule, our team is here to help you get back on track. We provide additional support and resources to address any challenges you may face, ensuring that you can continue progressing towards full GDPR compliance without significant delays.
A: By following the GDPR StepWise program, you demonstrate a commitment to data protection and privacy, which helps build trust with your clients. The structured approach ensures that you meet all GDPR requirements, enhancing your reputation and fostering transparency and confidence among your stakeholders.
A: Yes, the GDPR StepWise program is designed to be flexible and can be tailored to meet the unique needs of your business. We work closely with you to understand your specific requirements and adjust the program accordingly to ensure it aligns with your operational goals and compliance needs.
A: No, the GDPR StepWise model created by Structured PM does not act as a legal service. Structured PM is a management consultancy that provides strategic guidance and practical solutions to help organisations comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR StepWise model is designed to assist businesses in understanding, planning, and implementing GDPR compliance through a structured and phased approach. While this model offers comprehensive support, including process assessments, risk management strategies, and implementation roadmaps, it is not intended to replace legal advice. Clients are encouraged to consult with legal professionals for specific legal interpretations and actions necessary to ensure full regulatory compliance.
A: GDPR StepWise is a structured methodology designed to help businesses navigate and ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
At Structured PM, we integrate GDPR StepWise into our consulting services to offer a thorough and systematic approach to data protection and privacy management.
Our process includes:
1. Assessment: We begin by conducting a comprehensive audit of your current data handling and privacy practices to identify any gaps and risks.
2. Strategy Development: Based on the audit findings, we develop a tailored GDPR compliance strategy. This plan outlines the necessary steps and measures to align your operations with GDPR requirements. 3. Implementation: We assist you in implementing the recommended changes, which may include updating consent forms, enhancing data security measures, and revising privacy policies.
4. Training: Our team provides training sessions for your staff to ensure they are aware of GDPR principles and their responsibilities in maintaining compliance.
5. Monitoring and Review: We offer ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews to ensure that your compliance measures remain effective and up-to-date with any regulatory changes.
By leveraging GDPR StepWise, Structured PM ensures that your business not only meets legal obligations but also fosters trust and transparency with your clients and stakeholders. This structured approach helps mitigate risks and protects your organization's reputation in an increasingly data-centric world.