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October 2024

We have launched a new Data Protection Audit Framework designed to help organisations assess their own compliance with key requirements under data protection law. The framework is an extension to the existing Accountability Framework. All existing content has been migrated into the new Audit Framework.


We will update this page to highlight and link to all updates to the Accountability Framework. There will be an annual review of the content of the Framework to ensure its up-to-date. If you would like to feedback or suggest improvements to the Accountability Framework you can do so here.

July 2021

We have added a new navigation page, updated the Tracker and altered the layout of the Framework.