Free privacy compliance tools for small firms

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A released page in its folder: the shape every privacy request ends up in.

Plain answers for a small firm that handles privacy without a privacy officer.

15 free tools

19 guides

16 comparisons

Start with a tool

Calculators, checklists and templates for GDPR, the CCPA and the state laws. They run in your browser and nothing you type is sent to us.

All 15 free tools

Software, measured against the rules

Each comparison sets vendors against what the law requires, row by row, from the vendors’ own documentation. Verdicts are by use case.

All 16 comparisons

In the order the work comes

  1. 01

    Find which laws reach you

    GDPR reaches some US firms; each state law has its own thresholds. Answer a few questions and see which apply and why.

    Which privacy laws apply to my business
  2. 02

    Put the notices and links in place

    A privacy policy with the items the rules list, a notice where you collect data, and the opt-out link where one is owed.

    Privacy policy checklist
  3. 03

    Answer a request inside the deadline

    Access, deletion and opt-out requests each run on a legal clock. Enter the date it arrived and get the date it is due.

    DSAR deadline calculator

Filed by question

Everything on the site is filed under one of 4 questions. Each folder holds its tools, guides and software comparisons together.

Consent and cookies
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Consent and cookies

Cookie banners, consent records, consent-management platforms and analytics that need (or avoid) consent, under GDPR/ePrivacy and the US opt-out laws.

2 tools, 2 guides

7 comparisons

Notices and policies
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Notices and policies

The paperwork a firm must hold: privacy policy, notice at collection, cookie policy, retention policy, processor contracts, data maps, assessments and the checklists that list them.

8 tools, 1 guide

3 comparisons

Requests and opt-outs
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Requests and opt-outs

Answering people: GDPR access and erasure requests, CCPA/state requests to know, delete and opt out, Global Privacy Control, the deadlines, and the tools that run the queue.

3 tools, 3 guides

4 comparisons

Which laws apply
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Which laws apply

Whether GDPR, the CCPA/CPRA or another state law reaches a firm: thresholds, scope, the state-by-state map and the software sold for each law.

2 tools, 13 guides

2 comparisons

Guides

The rules in plain words, with the article or section number beside every duty.

All 19 guides

Start with the request you have in hand.

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