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GAID Art.10 — Compliance audit returns and records of processing (GAID 2025)
Requirement
The Act does not itself impose a general duty to keep records of processing, but the NDPC's GAID 2025 requires data controllers and processors of major importance to file annual Compliance Audit Returns with the Commission (by 31 March for established organisations; Art. 10) and requires the DPO's semi-annual data protection reports to form part of a Record of Processing Activities (Art. 13).
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPR | Art.5(2) | Accountability | records |
| GDPR | Art.30 | Records of processing activities | records |
| CCPA/CPRA | Regs 7101 | Records of consumer requests kept for 24 months | records |
| CCPA/CPRA | Regs (cybersecurity audits) | Annual independent cybersecurity audit | audit |
| SOC 2 | CC2.1 | Quality information for internal control | records |
| SOC 2 | CC4.1 | Ongoing and separate evaluations | audit |
| SOC 2 | CC4.2 | Communication of deficiencies | audit |
| ISO 27001 | A.5.31 | Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements | records |