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App Corp
Full-service software engineering
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App Corp
Full-service software engineering
Engineering your experience…
Following Brexit, the UK enacted its own version of the General Data Protection Regulation, enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018. UK GDPR is substantially similar to EU GDPR in its principles and requirements, but it operates under UK law with enforcement by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Any business offering services to UK residents or monitoring their behaviour — regardless of where the business is based — falls within UK GDPR scope. For software engineering teams, this means building the same privacy-by-design patterns required by GDPR, with attention to ICO-specific guidance and UK-specific processing grounds.
Following Brexit, the UK enacted its own version of the General Data Protection Regulation, enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018. UK GDPR is substantially similar to EU GDPR in its principles and requirements, but it operates under UK law with enforcement by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Any business offering services to UK residents or monitoring their behaviour — regardless of where the business is based — falls within UK GDPR scope. For software engineering teams, this means building the same privacy-by-design patterns required by GDPR, with attention to ICO-specific guidance and UK-specific processing grounds.
Clear identification and documentation of the lawful basis for every processing activity — consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, or legitimate interests.
Systems enabling subject access requests, right to erasure, data portability, and restriction of processing within statutory deadlines (typically one month).
Data protection considerations embedded into system architecture from the earliest design stage, not bolted on after launch.
Breach detection, investigation, and notification procedures ensuring reporting to the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach.
Adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, or binding corporate rules governing any transfer of personal data outside the UK.
We treat UK GDPR compliance as a baseline privacy requirement for any system handling personal data of UK residents. Our engineering teams implement lawful basis tracking in data collection flows, automate subject access request fulfilment, and build data portability endpoints as standard API features. We stay current with ICO guidance on topics ranging from AI and analytics to marketing cookies, ensuring that the systems we build remain compliant as regulatory expectations evolve.
Explore other compliance standards we engineer for.
The European Union's landmark data protection regulation — the most influential privacy framework in the world, setting the global standard.
Learn moreThe UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations — governing cookies, marketing, and electronic communications privacy.
Learn moreCalifornia's landmark consumer privacy law granting residents control over their personal data — now the de facto US privacy standard.
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We have shipped 200+ projects for clients across fintech, healthtech, SaaS, and enterprise — many requiring multi-framework compliance.