Trace’s M&A Privacy Audit and Consultancy Service is a right-sized, truly specialist offering which allows organisations to surface data protection compliance and data security risks in a cost and time-effective manner.
Avoid unseen data risks
Privacy and information security are increasingly important metrics in companies’ ESG ratings and with trust, reputation, regulatory risk and ultimately financial performance all on the line, data protection compliance is rapidly becoming recognised as a vital element of M&A due diligence too. Cases already abound of acquisitions leading to significant regulatory sanctions stemming from poor practices dating back years before the deal is done.
Forward-thinking organisations are starting to see the value of being able to present both potential acquirers and investors with a ‘clean bill of health’ on data protection compliance.
Benefits of M&A data assurance services
Access to Data Experts
Tap into our expert team of qualified Privacy experts.
Data Privacy Toolkits
Leverage our frameworks and tools.
Expert Support
Focussed support and delivery.
Why Trace for M&A assurance services?
Savvy boards now demand that acquisitions are assessed for potential ‘show-stoppers’ as early as possible in the M&A process, our service can be called upon to intelligently assess risk, regulatory and valuation issues whenever – and wherever - there is a need.
Our boutique, flexible approach gives M&A teams exactly what they need, when they need it
Trace has extensive experience working with governmental agencies, FMCGs, the financial sector, international NGOs the world over
Remote, on-site or hybrid service packages available for maximum cost- and time-efficiency.
What Team Trace Offer
Outputs tailored to your precise needs: Executive Summaries and/or full data protection reports on M&A targets; online or on-site presentations to Boards; weighted evaluations and comparisons; guidance notes and compliance improvement plans.
Specialist team: Consultants with a range of specialisms so that your dedicated and on-call team can be optimised for your particular case.
A broad perspective: Extremely varied public and private sector experience, including organisations using cutting-edge technologies.
Recommend and coach you and your team on privacy, data security and transparency optimisation.
What our clients say
“Made the complex world of GDPR easier to understand and provided clear insight.”
“Overarchingly, we wanted to make compliance a competitive advantage and it’s great to work with the commercially minded team at Trace to make that happen.”
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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We offer privacy, data protection and governance professional services. Our consultancy can be one-off project based or we can offer ongoing support services. We can flex to our clients needs. See our services brochure for our complete range of services.
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We start with a consultancy call, to get to know your key challenges and goals better, this is essential as compliance needs to align with your overall direction for most value. We then provide you with a free, no obligation proposal tailored to your need. If you wish to proceed we then put an agreed Statement of Work (SoW) in place with all of your services and pricing transparent. We then project manage the process and engagement from start to finish for you, with your support on the discovery stage.
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We offer our Trace® app as a managed application for our clients (and clients can also use it directly and have access via a Team account). Using the Trace® app alongside consultancy works brilliantly, as getting data protection and governance right requires the right process, people and tech: the platform builds evergreen processes and drives collaboration, while consultants provide point support, toolkits, coaching and expert advice. We also partner with OneTrust and BigID for enterprises using data governance tools.