Privacy Suite
German-built “Privacy Suite” with records of processing, DPIA and AI-assisted risk screening
Quick Overview
| Company | Privacy Solutions GmbH (District Court of Hannover, HRB 216475) |
|---|---|
| Category | Data Privacy Management |
| Headquarters | Hannover, Germany |
| Founded | Not stated by the vendor |
| EU Presence | EU (Germany) |
| Open Source | Closed source |
| Compliance | “Data protection management made in Germany”; EU-hosted |
| Pricing | Quoted on request |
| Free Option | No free tier stated |
| Replaces | OneTrust (smaller-scale deployments) |
Detailed Review
Privacy Suite is built by Privacy Solutions GmbH, a German company registered in Hannover (District Court of Hannover, HRB 216475) with its development team based in Frankfurt am Main, founded by Prof. Dr. Jochen Deister and Christoph Westermann and marketed explicitly as “data protection management made in Germany.”
The modules cover records of processing (the platform's ROPA equivalent), a screening tool, DPIA workflows, contract management and an emerging “AI for Privacy” module for automated risk assessment, aimed at data protection officers who want a structured, auditable system rather than spreadsheets.
It is the smallest and least internationally documented vendor in this category: no DSAR or breach-management module is described on the public site, no pricing is published, and founding-date and customer-count figures are not stated publicly, which makes it harder to evaluate against DataGuard, PrivacyPerfect or GDPR Register sight-unseen — a buyer should scope a demo carefully against the specific pillars (DSAR, breach) this review could not verify as live features.
What Privacy Suite does well
- German-engineered and German-hosted, with a named founding team (Prof. Dr. Jochen Deister, Christoph Westermann) rather than an anonymous vendor
- Solid core: records of processing, screening and DPIA workflows in one system
- AI-assisted risk screening (“AI for Privacy”) as an emerging module
- Positioned specifically for German data protection officers rather than a generic multinational buyer
Where Privacy Suite falls short
- No published pricing anywhere
- No DSAR or breach-management module described publicly — the weakest suite coverage of the nine tools in this category
- No stated founding date or public customer-count figures, making vendor maturity hard to verify independently
Standout feature. A named, credentialed founding team (Prof. Dr. Jochen Deister and Christoph Westermann) in a category where most vendor pages give you a logo and a sales form.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Named, credentialed founding team
- Solid core of register, screening and DPIA
- German-engineered and positioned for German data protection officers
- AI-assisted risk screening as an emerging module
Cons
- No published pricing
- No data subject request or breach module described
- No founding date or customer counts stated
- Weakest suite coverage of the platforms listed here
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Privacy Suite?
Privacy Suite is a german-built “Privacy Suite” with records of processing, DPIA and AI-assisted risk screening.
Where is Privacy Suite based?
Privacy Suite is operated by Privacy Solutions GmbH (District Court of Hannover, HRB 216475), based in Hannover, Germany, which places it under EU (Germany) law.
What does Privacy Suite cost?
Quoted on request. No free tier stated.
Who is Privacy Suite best for?
Small and mid-sized German organisations that want a lean, German-engineered records-and-DPIA tool rather than a full multinational platform.
Is Privacy Suite a good alternative to OneTrust?
Privacy Suite is built as a European alternative to OneTrust and other US-based privacy-management platforms. It will not be a like-for-like feature match in every respect, so check the review above for where it genuinely differs before switching.
How does Privacy Suite compare to other Data Privacy Management tools?
Privacy Suite is one of several European (and Swiss) Data Privacy Management tools covered on this site. See the full Data Privacy Management category page for how it ranks against its closest competitors.