Articles from Compleye!

Privacy Policy: The ultimate checklist
Are you busy with starting a new business? Have you recently launched a website or application, or have you expanded into new markets and territories? Whatever the cause, you’ve decided that it’s time to draft or revise your privacy policy. Good on you. It might not be the most thrilling

Passing passwords
People and passwords. Our love-hate relationship is not that strange, since – in our busy lives – it’s something else to remember and something else to forget. Therefore, at the convenience end of the scale, you can use the same password for everything; from your bank account to a cooking

SOC 2, who?
Today is a great day for abbreviations, don’t you think? Great, let’s go. System and Organization Controls (SOC), introduced by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), is the name of one of the more common compliance requirements that (tech) companies should meet today based on the Trust Services

How to: Noticing phishing emails
Emails. Just like they can be either formal or informal and personal or general, they can be either real or false. We know these false emails as phishing. Phishing, unfortunately, is not a new phenomenon. It has been the most common attack vector for cybercriminals for a number of years,

ISO27001 certificatie: de verrassende nieuwe hype van dit moment
De ISO27001 certificering. Het lijkt in 2022, op de moeilijkheidsgraad van het woord na, bijna net zo’n trend als hybride werken, TikTok en bubble tea. Maar wat betekent die ogenschijnlijk ingewikkelde afkorting? En waarom wordt het vaak genoemd wanneer het gesprek gaat over privacy, security en informatie uitdagingen? ISO2001 is

Start-ups and compliance: why you should start after all
Hey, busy worker. We totally understand that, as a start-up founder or employee within a brand new company, you are dealing with a lot of stuff. You are (contributing to) building everything from the ground, which deserves a big round of applause. Though, being that busy can lead to losing

When does one talk about a data breach?
Any idea where the sensitive data within your company goes? Where the medical patient records, the identity information of clients and employees or the lists with contact- and payment details end up? Data breaches are a growing trend. Not the type of trend that is fun, like trends in clothes,

TNW Amsterdam, here we come!
Meetings, pitch, demo, coffee, repeat. If that doesn’t sound like music to our ears, we don’t know what will. Luckily, this is exactly what the 16th and 17th of June entails for the team of Compleye, when we will be present at TNW in Amsterdam with our very own startup

Just a little about Compleye
When Compleye’s CEO Karolin started to be busy with the topics security, privacy and quality, she was searching for likeminded people that would be able to break out of the fixed patterns and the set old ways of compliance. She didn’t necessarily search for developers – she sought people with

The GDPR policy – Compleye’s advisory advice
The GDPR – yet another abbreviation to keep in mind. Please do. The General Data Protection Regulation is super important, since it governs the way in which personal data (yes, also yours) is gathered and handled in the European Union. Long story short: it tells you about your rights. Quite

Why did we decide to create DIY Compliance Tool?
What if we told you that you can start with your business’ compliance matters all by yourself? Yes, you’re reading it correctly: tackling them without compliance officers, masterminds and wizkids, just by using your rookie-based knowledge. Please say hi to DIY, within the online platform of Compleye. Do It Yourself

Compleye’s Startupper: Overview never felt so good
If we’d ask you how many tools your company is using, could you name them? Which subscriptions are monthly and annually billed from your bank account? Any idea which people have access to every single one of your business’ 3000 excel files? You probably didn’t even know that there were

Cyber securing your company without the ISO27001 certification: 5 tactical tips
ISO27001 certification. You have probably heard about the term by now, whether you own a business, you’re employed, or you have read earlier articles of Compleye. In the latter case, kudos! ISO27001 is the certification that specifically deals with the security of data. Is the certification convenient? Undeniably. Is it

Our ISO27001 certification approach, makes it almost fun!
How is your ISO27001 certification working out for you? There is a reasonable chance that collecting all necessary documentation makes you want to throw your pc out of the window. Don’t. Compleye is here to the rescue. “Making compliance almost fun”, is one of our quotes for a reason.

The X-Ray is your Compliance Start!
“X-ray noun [eks-rei] – a type of radiation that can go through many solid substances, allowing hidden objects such as bones and organs in the body to be photographed”. Don’t worry, we are not going to examine the internal composition of your body. Though, we will do this to your business. Truth or dare?

Keen on Lean: Compleye’s Lean Compliance Designers.
Let us take you on a journey. In the interesting – give it a chance – world of compliance, (amongst others) you will find compliance officers, compliance managers, compliance consultants and compliance designers. But what are the differences between those positions? And more importantly: why does Compleye choose to work with Lean Compliance Designers, in order to support your company and its security and privacy challenges?