GDPR Quick Audit: 10-Minute Check for Your Website (2025)

Why a 10-minute GDPR quick audit matters

If you market to EU customers or collect emails from EU visitors, GDPR applies - regardless of where your company is based.

This short audit helps you identify the low-effort, high-impact fixes that build trust and reduce risk.

Quick audit checklist (do these now)

1. Cookie banner present?

   • If no → implement cookie consent immediately (opt-in for analytics).

2. Does GA4 load before consent?

   • If yes → block GA4 until analytics consent is given.

3. Third-party chat or widgets?

   • If you use widgets (Tawk.to, Intercom) and they load before consent → remove or gate them.

4. Privacy & Cookie pages

   • Add Privacy Policy + Cookie Policy links in the footer.

5. Subprocessor transparency

   • Publish a Subprocessor list (Cloudflare, Google Workspace, GA4).

Quick code example - block GA4 until consent (Next.js, App Router)

// components/Analytics.tsx
"use client";
 
import { useEffect } from "react";
 
export default function Analytics({ measurementId }: { measurementId?: string }) {
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!measurementId) return;
    
    // Check consent before loading GA4
    const hasConsent = window.CookieConsent?.acceptedCategory?.("analytics");
    
    if (hasConsent) {
      // Load GA4 only after consent
      const script = document.createElement("script");
      script.src = `https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=${measurementId}`;
      script.async = true;
      document.head.appendChild(script);
      
      window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
      function gtag(...args: any[]) {
        window.dataLayer.push(args);
      }
      gtag("js", new Date());
      gtag("config", measurementId);
    }
  }, [measurementId]);
  
  return null;
}

Next steps

1. Run this audit on your site today (10 minutes).
2. Fix the blockers (cookie banner, GA4 gating).
3. Document subprocessors (create a public page).
4. Consider an EU Launch Kit if you need a full GDPR-compliant setup.

Need help?

If you need a comprehensive GDPR audit or want to migrate to an EU-compliant stack, reach out to contact@visoniq.com. We offer:

• 7-day GDPR audit ($1,350)
• 21-day EU Launch Kit (GDPR-ready + EU hosting + analytics)
• Quick fixes for cookie consent and GA4 gating

- Visoniq TechCore