Compliance Risk Estimator
Answer five questions about your documents: PII, financial and health data, cross-border processing, and retention policy. Get a Low / Medium / High compliance risk and recommended processing safeguards. For guidance only; not legal advice.
Your document compliance factors
Compliance factors
Personally identifiable information (names, emails, IDs, etc.).
Account numbers, transactions, salaries, tax data, etc.
Medical history, diagnoses, treatment, or other health data.
Data transferred or processed outside its country of origin.
Do you have a defined policy for how long you keep this data?
Compliance result
Low compliance risk
Recommended processing safeguards
- Encryption in transit (e.g. TLS)
- Access controls and need-to-know
- Document your processing purposes
About this calculator
This calculator helps legal, compliance, and enterprise teams assess document processing risk. You answer five yes/no questions about PII, financial data, health records, cross-border processing, and retention policy. The result is a risk level (Low, Medium, or High) and a list of recommended safeguards— encryption, access controls, DPAs, retention, and more. Use it to prioritize controls and discussions with legal or a DPO; it is not a substitute for legal advice.
For extraction complexity (fields, validation), use the Data Extraction Field Density Calculator. For processing cost, use the Document Processing Cost Calculator.
Risk levels and what they mean
| Risk level | Typical factors | Focus of safeguards |
|---|---|---|
| Low | Little or no PII/sensitive data; no cross-border; retention policy in place. | Encryption in transit, access controls, document processing purposes. |
| Medium | Some PII or financial data; may involve cross-border or lack of retention policy. | Encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging, DPAs, defined retention, regular review. |
| High | PII, financial, or health data; cross-border; missing or weak retention. | Full audit trail, DPAs/SCCs where needed, automated retention and deletion, DPO/legal review. |
Frequently asked questions
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- Data Extraction Field Density Calculator — Extraction complexity and validation needs.
- Document Processing Cost Calculator — Monthly processing cost.