Compliance

GDPR-Compliant AI Development

GDPR says you must protect personal data. AxSentinel makes sure your AI tools comply.

The Problem

Under GDPR, sending personal data to a third-party AI provider without proper safeguards is a data protection violation. Developers routinely paste code containing customer emails, names, phone numbers, and national IDs into AI tools. Each instance is a potential GDPR breach — and your DPO may not even know it's happening.

The Solution

AxSentinel provides the 'appropriate technical measures' required by GDPR Article 32. It scans all outbound AI requests for personal data and blocks them before they leave the developer's machine. All scanning is local — AxSentinel itself never processes your personal data. Detection metadata (type, count) is reported to your compliance dashboard for audit trails.

How to Get Compliant

1

Deploy across your engineering team

Use the setup script to configure credentials on each developer's machine. Takes 2 minutes per developer.

2

Set mode to Block

For GDPR compliance, Block mode is recommended. Requests containing PII are rejected before they leave the network.

3

Monitor the compliance dashboard

The dashboard shows detection events by type, user, and time. Export reports for your DPO and audit evidence.

Compliance Features

Article 32 compliance

Automated technical measure that prevents personal data from being sent to AI providers.

Data minimization (Article 5)

AxSentinel itself only reports detection metadata — never the actual personal data.

Audit trail

Compliance dashboard with exportable reports for DPIA documentation and regulatory audits.

14 PII categories

Detects emails, phone numbers, SSNs, credit cards, names, addresses, and more.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does AxSentinel process personal data?
Scanning happens locally on the developer's machine. AxSentinel servers only receive detection metadata (e.g., '2 emails detected') — never the actual content.
Do I need a DPA with AxSentinel?
Since AxSentinel doesn't process personal data on our servers, a DPA is not strictly required. We provide one upon request for organizations that want it.
Does this replace a DPA with my AI provider?
No. You still need DPAs with OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. AxSentinel prevents accidental data transfers, but you should still have proper agreements in place.
What about cross-border data transfers?
AxSentinel prevents personal data from reaching AI providers in the first place, which eliminates the cross-border transfer concern for that data.

Ready to close your compliance gap?

Free tier includes regex scanning for unlimited developers. Pro adds ML-powered detection and the compliance dashboard.