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Data Governance & AI Act Compliance

Build the regulatory foundation your data strategy demands.

In 2026, data governance is no longer a back-office function — it is a strategic imperative. The EU AI Act, GDPR, and a wave of emerging global data regulations demand that organisations treat their data as a governed, auditable asset. MDN.digital designs and implements enterprise-grade governance frameworks that ensure your data is trustworthy, traceable, and compliant from day one.

Key Benefits

  • Achieve and maintain EU AI Act and GDPR compliance
  • Reduce regulatory risk and avoid supervisory authority fines
  • Build stakeholder trust through transparent data practices
  • Establish a single source of truth across your organisation
  • Enable confident data sharing with partners and third parties
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What's Included

EU AI Act Readiness Assessment

A structured audit of your AI systems and data pipelines to classify risk levels under the EU AI Act. We deliver a prioritised compliance roadmap covering transparency requirements, human oversight obligations, and prohibited AI practices — ensuring your AI initiatives remain legally operable in the EU.

Data Governance Framework Design

End-to-end design of your governance operating model: data ownership structures, data dictionaries, quality standards, stewardship roles, and policy documentation. We implement frameworks aligned with DAMA-DMBOK and tailored to your industry's regulatory context.

Data Protection & Privacy Audits

Independent, rigorous assessments of your data protection posture. Our 266-control audit framework evaluates your data lifecycle against GDPR, covering governance, legal bases for processing, cross-border transfers, data subject rights, breach management, and DPIAs.

DPO Advisory & Support

Strategic advisory for your internal compliance teams, or acting as your external Data Protection Officer. We support DPIA execution, supervisory authority communication, consent management, and ongoing regulatory monitoring — available in tiered engagement models from advisory support to full DPO-as-a-Service.

Data Maturity & Compliance Roadmapping

A structured assessment of your current governance maturity level across five dimensions: strategy, people, process, technology, and culture. Delivered as an actionable, phased roadmap with clear milestones, ownership, and investment requirements.

Our Approach

We begin every engagement with a discovery workshop to understand your current state, regulatory obligations, and strategic objectives. From there, we design a governance framework that is practical, proportionate, and built to scale — not a compliance checkbox exercise, but a strategic asset.

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