GDPR lawyers in EU for compliance
GDPR compliance: anticipate, don't react.
INFLUXIO advises companies on GDPR compliance, in the EU and beyond, including US companies doing business in Europe. Our law firm, with lawyers admitted to the Paris and Brussels Bars, conducts audits of compliance with European data protection rules, represents you in supervisory authority proceedings and advises on artificial intelligence compliance under the AI Act.
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What is the role of a GDPR lawyer in EU for compliance?
A GDPR lawyer maintains the processing record, helps you appoint a DPO, drafts contractual documentation (Article 28 processor contracts) and helps assess personal data breaches and, where required, notify the competent European supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours (Article 33). Consult one at initial compliance, before any new large-scale processing and when preparing a GDPR compliance audit or responding to a supervisory authority inspection.
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Support during a data protection authority inspection for a media group
An online press group received an on-site inspection by the French data protection authority regarding its advertising tracking practices. Teams were prepared, responses coordinated, and case closure obtained without sanctions.
GDPR compliance for a franchise network
A network of 80 franchises collected customer data inconsistently. Practices were harmonized, a centralized registry deployed, and managers at each location trained.
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Based outside the EU? The GDPR may still apply to you.
A company established outside the EU is subject to the GDPR when it offers goods or services to people in the EU, or monitors their behaviour there (Art. 3(2)). Where Article 3(2) applies, an EU representative is generally required under Article 27, subject to its exceptions.
Other obligations, including processing records, processor agreements and international transfer safeguards, depend on your activities and the applicable GDPR provisions. We tell you whether the GDPR applies to you and what it requires in practice.
INFLUXIO can also act as your EU representative under Article 27: the representative may be contacted by supervisory authorities (Recital 80). Book a consultation.
What is the GDPR ?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European regulation that harmonizes personal data processing rules within the EU. Adopted on April 27, 2016 and applicable since May 25, 2018, the GDPR aims to strengthen personal data protection and individuals' rights. GDPR enforcement is supervised by the competent data protection authorities in EU Member States.
A GDPR attorney is an expert in personal data protection law. This field overlaps closely with copyright protection of databases and digital counterfeiting actions when protected content is extracted without authorization (scraping, generative AI), and triggers enforcement proceedings when supervisory authority sanctions are contested.
Our support: GDPR compliance.
INFLUXIO supports entrepreneurs as data controllers in implementing essential legal elements:
- ✓Creating the privacy policy for collected personal data
- ✓Information texts for online forms (e-commerce) to inform users
- ✓Drafting the cookie policy displayed on the website
- ✓Clauses explaining data security measures and processing methods, in accordance with GDPR requirements
- ✓If needed, drafting contracts with technical providers (hosts, developers, maintenance services…)
External Data Protection Officer (DPO): a flexible solution.
What is an external DPO ?
An external Data Protection Officer (DPO) is an expert who performs DPO functions for a company as a service provider. They oversee GDPR compliance, ensuring data processing respects individuals' rights and legal obligations.
Advantages of an external DPO.
An external DPO offers specialized expertise, increased flexibility, and efficient GDPR obligation management without burdening the company's internal structure.
The GDPR attorney's role as external DPO.
The GDPR attorney can also serve as external DPO, offering compliance services, legal advice, and data processing supervision.
| Criterion | In-house DPO | Outsourced DPO | Pooled DPO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative annual cost | €60-110k (loaded salary) | €12-60k (annual fee) | €6-18k (share) |
| Independence (GDPR art. 38) | Requires safeguards: risk of hierarchical conflict of interest. | Requires safeguards: contractual independence and no conflicting duties. | Requires safeguards: sufficient resources, accessibility and no conflicts of interest. |
| Sector expertise | Limited to the recruited profile. | Pooled across the entire client portfolio. | Variable depending on the grouping. |
| Scalability | Low: new hire needed as the business grows. | High: immediate contractual adjustment. | Medium: depends on the pool's governance. |
| Recommended for | Large groups, massive processing and strong internalisation. | Mid-caps, scale-ups, regulated sectors seeking flexibility. | SMEs in the same sector or ecosystem. |
A GDPR attorney's missions.
Compliance audit.
Our GDPR compliance audit includes a detailed analysis of internal processes, security policies, and consent management practices. Its goal is to highlight all possible gaps in personal data protection. We also address processing carried out by banking watchlists and AML database publishers, using GDPR access, rectification and erasure rights.
Document drafting and revision.
Attorneys draft and revise compliance documents such as privacy policies, data processing contracts, and user consents. These documents must be clear and GDPR-compliant.
Incident management.
Effective incident management is crucial, see also our cybersecurity expertise for minimizing legal impacts. This includes risk assessment, internal response coordination, and communication with the competent European supervisory authority.
Internal procedure implementation.
The attorney helps implement internal procedures for compliant data management, including employee training, processing protocols, and processing registers.
Compliance, international transfers and sanctions.
GDPR compliance requires a structured approach to data governance, processing mapping and accountability chain organization. Our firm deploys operational compliance and represents clients before the competent European data protection authorities.
The pillars of compliance.
Compliance, at the crossroads with cybersecurity, includes the following measures: processing register (GDPR Art. 30), impact assessments (DPIA, Art. 35) for high-risk processing, framing of subprocessors via DPA agreements (Art. 28), procedures for managing data subjects' rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, opposition), breach notification (Art. 33-34), staff training and accountability.
European data protection authorities publish sector-specific guidance that informs our audits of compliance with European data protection rules.
Transfers outside the EU and the Data Privacy Framework.
Since the Schrems II ruling (CJEU, 16 July 2020, C-311/18), any transfer to a third country requires a valid mechanism: adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses (SCCs 2021), binding corporate rules (BCRs), or limited derogations. The Data Privacy Framework, adopted by the Commission on 10 July 2023, secures transfers to certified U.S. organizations again, subject to case-law developments.
If your US company receives data from the EU: Data Privacy Framework certification, or standard contractual clauses.
European supervisory authority sanctions and litigation.
European data protection authorities may impose administrative fines up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover (GDPR Art. 83), injunctions under penalty payment, warnings, and limitation or suspension of processing. Public sanctions are multiplying (Google, Amazon, Clearview AI). Appeal procedures depend on the authority and Member State concerned.
Our firm ensures defense during on-site or remote controls and structures contentious proceedings.
How does the AI Act interact with the GDPR ?
The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) entered into force on 1 August 2024 with a phased calendar: prohibited practices applicable since 2 February 2025, general-purpose AI obligations since 2 August 2025, with application dates varying by obligation and system category.
The AI Act does not replace the GDPR: any AI system processing personal data must satisfy both regimes.
The lawful basis must be documented, a DPIA is required where the processing is likely to result in a high risk to individuals under GDPR Article 35, not solely because an AI system is classified as high-risk under the AI Act, and Article 22 GDPR continues to govern fully automated decisions with significant effects.
Our firm aligns AI governance with GDPR compliance and helps clients prepare for oversight by the competent authorities.
Data Protection Impact Assessments in AI projects.
A DPIA describes the processing and its purposes, assesses necessity and proportionality, identifies risks to individuals and documents measures to address them (GDPR Article 35(7)). For AI projects, the assessment considers training data, data minimisation, bias risks, retention and applicable rights, including safeguards for automated decisions where Article 22 applies.
European supervisory authorities have published sector-specific recommendations on generative AI (2024-2025) which serve as a benchmark for our GDPR audits.
International transfers post-Schrems II.
AI providers frequently rely on US infrastructure. The Data Privacy Framework (10 July 2023) reopened transfers to certified US importers, where transfers rely on Article 46 safeguards, we assess whether the destination country's laws and practices require supplementary measures.
INFLUXIO drafts SCCs, BCRs and TIAs tailored to AI training, fine-tuning and inference flows.
GDPR enforcement trends in Europe.
European enforcement includes decisions by national data protection authorities and cross-border cases coordinated through the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). Historical examples include the CNIL's cookie fines against Google (€150 million) and Facebook (€60 million) on 31 December 2021, under Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978. Its €20 million fine against Clearview AI on 17 October 2022 concerned unlawful biometric data processing.
These cases illustrate different legal obligations and should not be treated as interchangeable GDPR precedents. Our law firm uses EDPB guidance on deceptive design patterns (03/2022) and legitimate interests (1/2024), together with guidance from the competent European supervisory authorities on cookies, mobile apps and AI, to assess clients' compliance.
Class actions and individual claims.
Article 80 GDPR allows non-profit associations (UFC-Que Choisir, La Quadrature du Net, NOYB) to file collective complaints. The Court of Justice (C-300/21, 4 May 2023) held that there is no minimum threshold of seriousness for non-material damage, but actual damage must still be proved. We defend controllers in class proceedings and individual claims before judicial courts.
GDPR audits and certifications.
We conduct GDPR maturity audits aligned with ISO 27701, draft Records of Processing Activities (Article 30), Data Protection Impact Assessments (Article 35), and represent clients during supervisory authority inspections, GDPR audits and binding corporate rules approval procedures.
Useful glossary in GDPR law.
- ✓DPO: Data Protection Officer (Articles 37-39 GDPR), required for public authorities or bodies except courts acting in their judicial capacity, or where core activities involve regular and systematic monitoring on a large scale or large-scale processing of special-category data or criminal conviction and offence data.
- ✓Pooled DPO: a single Data Protection Officer shared by several organisations, typically within a group or sector (Article 37(2) and (3) GDPR).
- ✓DPIA: Data Protection Impact Assessment (Article 35 GDPR), mandatory for any processing likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
- ✓Schrems II: CJEU ruling (C-311/18, 16 July 2020) invalidating the Privacy Shield. International transfers require an applicable adequacy decision (Article 45), appropriate safeguards (Article 46) or a limited Article 49 derogation. Supplementary measures depend on the transfer mechanism and destination; they are not required for every transfer.
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Yes, when the company offers goods or services to people in the EU, or monitors their behaviour there (Article 3(2) GDPR), even without any establishment in the Union. It must then comply with the GDPR and, in most cases, appoint a representative in the EU (Article 27).
A company subject to the GDPR under Article 3(2) must designate in writing a representative in the Union, unless it is a public authority or body, or its processing is occasional, includes neither large-scale special-category data nor large-scale criminal conviction and offence data under Article 10, and is unlikely to result in a risk to individuals' rights and freedoms.
INFLUXIO can act as your EU representative: book a consultation.
A GDPR attorney runs compliance audits, drafts records of processing, DPIAs and processor agreements (Article 28 GDPR), trains teams and represents companies in European supervisory authority investigations and breach notifications, in coordination with cybersecurity and digital law matters.
Businesses must identify a lawful basis under Article 6 for each processing activity, provide transparent information, implement appropriate security measures, keep processing records where required and respect individuals' rights. Consent is one possible lawful basis, not a requirement for all processing.
They must also notify the competent supervisory authority and affected individuals where the GDPR requires it.
Penalties can reach 20 million euros or 4% of annual worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.
Conduct a GDPR compliance audit with a specialized attorney. The audit evaluates current data processing practices, identifies gaps, and proposes corrective actions.
Special-category data, including health data and biometric data used to uniquely identify a person, requires an Article 6 lawful basis and an applicable exception under Article 9(2). Explicit consent is one possible exception, not the only one. Depending on the processing, other exceptions may cover employment obligations, healthcare, legal claims or substantial public interest.
Data minimisation and appropriate safeguards remain necessary.
The appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is mandatory in three cases provided by Article 37 of the GDPR: when processing is carried out by a public authority or body, except courts acting in their judicial capacity, when the core activities of the business require regular and systematic monitoring of individuals on a large scale, or when its core activities involve large-scale processing of special-category data or criminal conviction and offence data.
For other SMEs, appointment may be optional; we assess whether an external DPO is appropriate for their processing activities. INFLUXIO offers outsourced DPO services tailored to the size and sector of your business.
A European data protection authority may request documents, carry out remote checks or inspect premises, subject to the applicable national procedures. Your company must cooperate with the competent authority in accordance with its lawful powers. INFLUXIO helps you prepare the requested records, respond to findings and address any GDPR compliance gaps during and after the inspection.
Under Article 33 GDPR, a controller must notify the competent European supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach, unless it is unlikely to result in a risk to individuals' rights and freedoms. A delayed notification must explain the reasons.
Where a breach is likely to result in a high risk, affected individuals must also be informed without undue delay, subject to Article 34(3) exceptions. All personal data breaches must be documented.
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INFLUXIO is a law firm specialized in GDPR lawyers in eu for compliance, based in Paris and Brussels. Art. 3(2) scope, EU representative (Art. 27), external DPO, GDPR audits and EU data transfers. More than 800 clients have already trusted INFLUXIO.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar and co-founding partner of INFLUXIO, Maître Maria BERRADA combines intellectual property and technology law. She acts as DPO for clients and advises AI model providers, deeptech startups, large corporates and institutions on GDPR and AI Act compliance, trademark and design law, and Web3. She previously headed the Intellectual Property and Innovative Industries department of a leading specialist firm and teaches at EFAP.
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