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GDPR + the cookie rules require a clear privacy policy, lawful opt-in for non-essential cookies, and a way for people to exercise their data rights. Check yours in 60 seconds.
SaaS businesses sit at the centre of the newer rules: you process personal data at scale, bill on recurring plans, send product and marketing email, and increasingly ship AI features — each its own compliance surface.
🏷️ For SaaS businesses: As a controller/processor at scale, GDPR is table stakes — a lawful basis, a real privacy policy, and working data-subject rights.
This rule applies to SaaS businesses who collect personal data from visitors in the EU or UK. Collect data from EU/UK visitors? Check your privacy policy, cookie consent, and data-rights handling. Not sure? The free checker tells you in about a minute — no signup.
You need to be able to answer "yes" to each of these — the points SaaS businesses most often get caught on:
⚠️ Exposure: up to €20M or 4% of global turnover (Art. 83) · Status: In force.
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As a controller/processor at scale, GDPR is table stakes — a lawful basis, a real privacy policy, and working data-subject rights.
If you serve EU/UK visitors and use any non-essential cookies (analytics, advertising), yes — they must load only after the visitor opts in, with a Reject option as easy as Accept.
What data you collect, why, the lawful basis, who you share it with, how long you keep it, international transfers, and how to exercise data rights — in plain language, available at collection.
Up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher — plus regulator orders and reputational damage.
RuleGoose checks this against the EU GDPR (Reg. (EU) 2016/679), UK GDPR + ePrivacy/cookie rules. Read it yourself: EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 →
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GDPR privacy & cookie consent is one of several rules a SaaS business has to meet. See the full SaaS compliance checklist →, or read the platform-neutral GDPR privacy & cookie consent guide.
Informational only, not legal advice, and not affiliated with the EU. Last reviewed 2026-06-30.