About Compleye
Compleye was founded in 2018, when GDPR came into force and tech-driven SMBs suddenly had to meet corporate-grade privacy and security standards.
Most growing companies faced the same challenges:
limited time and budget, a lack of compliance expertise, and little clarity on how to meet industry standards and new privacy laws.
We believed compliance shouldn’t start with legal checklists. It should start with your business.
A Business-First Approach to Compliance
From day one, we focused on what actually matters: understanding your product, operations, and real risks — and building privacy and security into how your business already works.
Instead of forcing rigid frameworks, we:
- design compliance around your operational processes
- translate that foundation into laws and industry standards
- build systems you can actually maintain as you grow
Our original mission was to create a self-service platform so SMBs could “do it themselves.”
But one thing became clear: companies don’t become compliance officers overnight — and the need for expert guidance never went away.
Why Platform-Only Compliance Doesn’t Work
Over the years, dozens of tools promised “checkbox compliance” through integrations.
At the same time:
- cybersecurity threats increased
- regulations kept expanding
- data sovereignty became a real business concern
One conclusion stood out: Privacy and security compliance is not a checkbox.
Integrations alone don’t make you secure.
They often create new risks.
The Compleye Model: Platform + People
Today, Compleye closes the real gap in SMB compliance:
knowledge, experience, and execution.
We act as your embedded Privacy and Compliance Officer, and we:
- build a customized Information Security Management System (ISMS)
- translate legal and standard requirements into operational reality
- maintain and evolve your compliance as your business grows
Our online platform serves as your:
- evidence repository
- compliance knowledge base
- operational backbone
It’s what makes compliance efficient, effective, and affordable.
Compleye operates with a small, senior team and a network of like-minded compliance and privacy officers who understand technology, think creatively about risk, and stay ahead of future regulations.
We’re here to help SMBs build compliance they can actually sustain — not just pass once.
Our belief: Compliance isn’t a checkbox. It’s a capability.
Karolin Kruiskamp
Angelika Churchman
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Compleye?
Compleye is a compliance company based in Amsterdam that combines an online compliance platform with experienced privacy and compliance officers. Compleye helps technology-driven small and medium-sized businesses build and maintain an information security management system (ISMS) and meet industry standards and privacy laws such as ISO 27001 and GDPR.
When was Compleye founded?
Compleye was founded in 2018, the year GDPR came into force. Tech-driven small and medium-sized businesses suddenly had to meet corporate-grade privacy and security standards with limited time, budget, and compliance expertise, and Compleye was created to help those companies build compliance around how their business actually works.
Who runs Compleye?
Compleye is led by Karolin Kruiskamp, CEO and Lean Compliance Designer, together with Angelika Churchman, Senior Privacy and Compliance Expert. Compleye operates with a small, senior team and a network of like-minded compliance and privacy officers who understand technology and stay ahead of new regulations.
Where is Compleye based?
Compleye is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Compleye office is at Kon. Wilhelminaplein 1, 1062 HG Amsterdam, and the team can be reached by email at info@compleye.io or by booking a meeting through the Compleye website.
How is Compleye different from compliance automation tools?
Compleye combines a platform with people, while many compliance automation tools rely on integrations and checklists. Compleye acts as an embedded Privacy and Compliance Officer that builds a customized ISMS around a company’s real operations and risks, then maintains it as the company grows. Compleye’s view is that integrations alone do not make a company secure.
