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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU's law governing how organisations collect, use, store and protect personal data. It has applied across the EU since 25 May 2018 and applies to any organisation, anywhere in the world, that processes the personal data of people in the EU.
UK GDPR is a separate but near-identical regime. It came into being when the UK left the EU, converting EU GDPR into UK domestic law under the Data Protection Act 2018. Since 2018, EU GDPR and UK GDPR have been read together as one set of obligations by most UK organisations. That's no longer accurate. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 amended UK GDPR directly, and the majority of those changes came into force on 5 February 2026, with further provisions on data subject complaints due around June 2026. EU GDPR has not changed. An organisation operating in both the UK and the EU is now working to two regimes that are similar but no longer identical.
Both regimes distinguish two roles. Controllers decide why and how personal data is processed. Processors handle data only on a controller's documented instructions. Both regimes require a lawful basis for processing, give individuals enforceable rights over their data, and carry fines that can reach the higher of a fixed amount or a percentage of global annual turnover.
Subject access requests now run on a different clock.
Missed SAR deadlines are the most common route into ICO enforcement.
Fines are rising on both sides of the Channel.
A new complaints route is coming in June 2026.
SureCloud's Data Privacy product runs your DSAR process end to end: intake, identity verification, data discovery, redaction and secure delivery, with the clock and any Article 12A pauses tracked automatically instead of on a spreadsheet. Customers using it report 50% faster DSAR completion and 80% less time spent finding evidence during audits. For the detail on locking down redaction and delivery specifically, see our guide to DSAR redaction and secure delivery workflows.
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SureCloud's Compliance Management product maps your controls, policies and processing records directly to GDPR and UK GDPR, including the new recognised legitimate interests basis. Customers report 80% less audit prep and 50–65% less time spent on manual evidence collection, so the answer to "show me your lawful basis for this" is already documented rather than reconstructed under pressure.
SureCloud's Risk Management product gives you a single register for privacy and data protection risk, with DPIA outcomes, treatment decisions and named ownership in one place instead of scattered across email threads and document versions. Customers report a 50–70% reduction in enterprise-wide risk reporting effort.
SureCloud's Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) product assesses and monitors the processors and sub-processors handling your data, including the transfer risk assessments the "not materially lower" standard still requires you to complete. Customers report 50% faster third-party risk assessments.
