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Do you need a data controller licence?

Answer five short questions for an indicative screening result based on the supplied S.I. 155 of 2024. Your answers stay in this browser.

Privacy-conscious by designThis checker does not submit or store your answers.
01Does the activity involve personal information about identifiable people?

Examples include customers, employees, patients, students, suppliers, members, visitors or website users.

02Who decides why and how the personal information is processed?

Focus on real decision-making, not the label used in a contract.

03Which purpose best describes the processing?

The regulations contain narrow purpose-based licensing exemptions.

04Approximately how many distinct data subjects are involved?

Use the best documented estimate available. The regulations do not state a measurement period.

05Does any higher-risk processing apply?

Select all that apply. These factors do not set the licence tier, but they can increase compliance work.

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What the checker uses

Conservative logic, not false certainty.

The tool separates controller status, purpose exemptions and data-subject tiers. It deliberately returns “confirmation required” where the supplied sources leave an edge case unresolved.

  • S.I. 155 of 2024 sections 3–9
  • Four tiers beginning at 50 data subjects
  • Registration route for specified exempt purposes
  • Professional review prompts for role, count and mixed-purpose uncertainty