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Robust Compliance Support for Consulting and Managed Service Providers

If you provide consulting, outsourced services or managed infrastructure to clients in the EU or UK, multiple regulatory frameworks may apply to your organisation. Even where you act on behalf of clients, representation requirements can arise. Prighter supports a coordinated approach to compliance across EU and UK data protection and cybersecurity legislation.

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Service Providers Operate Across Regulatory Boundaries

Consulting firms and managed service providers frequently process personal data, manage infrastructure or deliver digital services across jurisdictions. This cross-border model can trigger representation requirements under EU and UK legislation. Understanding where you are in scope is essential to maintaining a defensible compliance approach.

Where Consulting and Managed Service Providers May Be in Scope

Your organisation may require representation if you:

  • Process personal data of EU or UK individuals on behalf of clients
  • Provide outsourced digital or infrastructure services cross-border
  • Manage systems classified under cybersecurity regulation
  • Deploy analytics or AI tools as part of service delivery

EU and UK GDPR Representation

Even where you act as a processor, if you are established outside the EU or UK and process personal data of individuals within those jurisdictions, you may be required to appoint a representative under GDPR or UK GDPR. Prighter acts as your formal contact point for supervisory authorities and data subjects, supporting your data protection compliance obligations.

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Cybersecurity Representation

Managed infrastructure and digital service provision may fall within scope of EU NIS 2 or the UK NIS Regulations depending on the nature of services delivered. Certain cross-border providers must appoint a representative. Prighter provides formal representation aligned with your cybersecurity compliance requirements.

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AI Governance and Representation

Where consulting or managed services include the deployment or management of AI systems in the EU, additional obligations may arise under the EU AI Act. Certain non-EU providers must appoint an authorised representative in the Union. Prighter supports AI Act representation as part of your broader compliance strategy.

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A One-Stop Shop for Service Provider Compliance

Consulting and managed service providers often face overlapping obligations across privacy, cybersecurity and AI governance. Managing representation separately can create fragmentation and operational risk. Prighter enables a coordinated representation model across EU and UK frameworks, supporting clarity and accountability across your compliance landscape.

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Representation Supported by Operational Capability

Appointing a representative fulfils a formal legal requirement where applicable. Ongoing compliance requires structured processes and accountability documentation. Prighter's Privacy Software supports the management of data subject requests and documentation workflows under GDPR and UK GDPR.

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Built around your business

Representation for the services you deliver

Start with privacy coverage for your client markets, or bring cybersecurity representation into the same bundle for your managed cloud services.

Billing period

For consulting teams

EU & UK client services

Based outside the EU & UK

Give clients and authorities a local privacy contact in both markets while your team delivers consulting and outsourced services across borders.

  • EU GDPR Rep

    EU privacy representation

    Medium plan

    €153

  • UK GDPR Rep

    UK privacy representation

    Medium plan

    €153

Your bundle

Products purchased separately: €378 / month

€306 / month

€3,672 billed annually. Excl. VAT.

Save €72 / month

€864 / year with bundle & annual billing

For organisations within the relevant GDPR representation requirements. Your own establishment and processing activities determine the scope.

For managed cloud providers

Managed cloud into Europe

Based outside the EU

Coordinate EU privacy and cybersecurity representation for the cloud services you operate for customers in Europe.

  • EU GDPR Rep

    EU privacy representation

    Medium plan

    €153

  • EU NIS Rep

    EU cybersecurity representation

    Medium plan

    €153

Your bundle

Products purchased separately: €378 / month

€306 / month

€3,672 billed annually. Excl. VAT.

Save €72 / month

€864 / year with bundle & annual billing

For cloud and managed services within the relevant NIS representation scope. Consultancy alone does not determine that scope.

For international service providers

Managed cloud across EU & UK

Based outside the EU & UK

Bring local privacy and cybersecurity representation together as your managed cloud business serves both markets.

  • EU GDPR Rep

    EU privacy representation

    Medium plan

    €119

  • UK GDPR Rep

    UK privacy representation

    Medium plan

    €119

  • EU NIS Rep

    EU cybersecurity representation

    Medium plan

    €119

  • UK NIS Rep

    UK cybersecurity representation

    Medium plan

    €119

Your bundle

Products purchased separately: €756 / month

€476 / month

€5,712 billed annually. Excl. VAT.

Save €280 / month

€3,360 / year with bundle & annual billing

For qualifying cloud and digital service providers. We will confirm the relevant representation requirements for each market.

Operating Across the EU and UK?

Consulting and managed service providers frequently serve clients in both jurisdictions. Separate regulatory frameworks apply and representation requirements may differ.

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Consulting and Managed Services Compliance FAQs

Do processors need an EU Representative under GDPR?

If you are established outside the EU and process personal data of individuals in the Union, representation under Article 27 GDPR may be required, even where you act as a processor.

Does NIS 2 apply to managed service providers?

Applicability depends on whether your services fall within the categories defined as essential or important entities. A structured assessment is required.

Does the AI Act apply to consulting firms?

Where consulting services include placing AI systems on the EU market or managing AI systems within scope of the AI Act, representation requirements may arise.

Does appointing a representative mean full compliance?

No. Representation fulfils a formal legal requirement where applicable. Substantive compliance obligations remain with your organisation.