# GDPR Article 59 — Activity reports - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-59-activity-reports - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr) › Articles 51–60 - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **GDPR**·Article `Article 59`·low·Component: **Chapter VI: Supervisory Authorities** ## What this control requires > Supervisory authorities must create and submit annual activity reports detailing infringements and measures taken per Article 58(2). Reports are sent to national parliament, government, and designated authorities, and made publicly available, shared with the Commission and the Board. This control addresses Supervisory Authorities. > > — GDPR, Article Article 59 ### In plain English Supervisory authorities must create and submit annual activity reports detailing infringements and measures taken per Article 58(2). In practice, this means you can prove you supervisory reports-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters GDPR administrative fines reach the greater of €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) coordinates supervisory-authority enforcement across the EU/EEA, and DPAs publish enforcement decisions citing specific Articles. ## What an auditor looks for A DPA or privacy auditor expects: a Records of Processing Activities (RoPA) entry, a documented lawful basis, evidence the Article's data-subject right is operationalised end-to-end, a named DPO contact (where required), and Article 30 records that match what the front-end actually does. Within **Chapter VI: Supervisory Authorities**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Article Article 59) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement 1. Write a short policy stating intent, scope and named owner. 2. Encode it as a platform guardrail — SCP, Azure Policy initiative, Organisation Policy, or repository policy. 3. Wire a monitoring signal that catches drift (CSPM rule, SIEM rule, scheduled query, Workspace alert) and ticket it. 4. Review on a documented cadence and capture the review in the risk register or compliance tracker. ### Operational checklist - **Supervisory.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Activity.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Reports.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Commission.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Review.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** reports, board, article, commission. ## Evidence to collect - **Identity Scan.** IAM / IdP exports — Entra ID, Okta, IAM Identity Center, Workspace directory — showing accounts, roles, MFA state and last sign-in. - **Infra Scan.** Continuous infrastructure-posture telemetry — AWS Config, Azure Policy compliance, GCP Organisation Policy, Wiz / Prisma findings. Identity analytics (Okta, SailPoint, Access Analyzer) demonstrates least-privilege. Focus: Activity reports. ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.8.23** — Web filtering](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-8-23-web-filtering) - [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) CC1.5** — Accountability for Internal Control Responsibilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc1-5-accountability-for-internal-control-responsibilities) - [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.13.4** — Information in Shared System Resources](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-13-4-information-in-shared-system-resources) - [**CIS Controls v8 9.2** — Use DNS Filtering Services](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/9-2-use-dns-filtering-services) - [**BSI C5:2020 AM-05** — Commitment to Permissible Use, Safe Handling and Return of Assets](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/am-05-commitment-to-permissible-use-safe-handling-and-return-of-assets) ## Related controls in GDPR - [**Article Article 45** — Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-45-transfers-on-the-basis-of-an-adequacy-decision) - [**Article Article 71** — Reports](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-71-reports) - [**Article Article 92** — Exercise of the delegation](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-92-exercise-of-the-delegation) - [**Article Article 12** — Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-12-transparent-information-communication-and-modalities-for-the-exercise-of-the) - [**Article Article 26** — Joint controllers](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-26-joint-controllers) ## References - [European Union — GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj) - Catalogue identifier: `Article Article 59` Topics: identity accessidentity managementaccess reviewprivileged access ## Related compliance guidance - [GDPR compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr): Start with the full GDPR implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): The security management system most EU procurement teams ask for alongside a DPA; its controls supply much of the Article 32 evidence. - [India's DPDP Act 2023: a practical compliance guide for cloud teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023): If engineering or support teams sit in India, the same data flows are also subject to India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act.