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Step-by-step guide to the Audit Process

A Data Protection Audit is a process involving a number of separate activities or phases that may occur over an extended period of time. To manage this process effectively it is necessary to understand the five phases that comprise a typical audit:

1. Planning
2. Preparation: 3. Conducting the Compliance Audit
4. Reporting
5. Audit follow-up

This part of the Audit guide describes these five phases of the "Audit Lifecycle" in a chronological step-by-step fashion. Wherever reference is made to a pro-forma, examples have been provided in the appropriate annex.

The Audit Lifecycle illustrated in Figure 3.1 below:

Fig. 3.1: The Data Protection Audit Lifecycle

Fig. 3.1: The Data Protection Audit Lifecycle

Audit Planning Audit Preparation Conduct of the Compliance Audit Compliance Audit Reporting Audit Follow-up

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