# GDPR Article 71 — Reports - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-71-reports - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr) › Articles 71–80 - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **GDPR**·Article `Article 71`·low·Component: **Chapter VII: Cooperation and Consistency** ## What this control requires > Require the European Data Protection Board to produce and publish an annual report on personal data protection in the EU and, where applicable, third countries, including a review of guidelines, recommendations, best practices, and binding decisions, and transmit it to the European Parliament, Council, and Commission. This control addresses Cooperation and Consistency. > > — GDPR, Article Article 71 ### In plain English Require the European Data Protection Board to produce and publish an annual report on personal data protection in the EU and, where applicable, third countries, including a review of guidelines, recommendations, best practices, and binding decisions, and transmit it to the European Parliament, Council, and Commission. In practice, this means you can prove you data 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 VII: Cooperation and Consistency**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Article Article 71) 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 - **Data.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Cooperation.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Consistency.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **European.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Reports.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** reports, board, data protection board, recommendations, best practices, council, 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. Identity analytics (Okta, SailPoint, Access Analyzer) demonstrates least-privilege. Focus: 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. - [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) P5.1** — Data Subject Access to Personal Information](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/p5-1-data-subject-access-to-personal-information) - [**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) - [**NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 PM-20** — Dissemination Of Privacy Program Information](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/pm-20-dissemination-of-privacy-program-information) - [**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 59** — Activity reports](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-59-activity-reports) - [**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 92** — Exercise of the delegation](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-92-exercise-of-the-delegation) - [**Article Article 13** — Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-13-information-to-be-provided-where-personal-data-are-collected-from-the-data) - [**Article Article 70** — Tasks of the Board](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-70-tasks-of-the-board) ## References - [European Union — GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj) - Catalogue identifier: `Article Article 71` Topics: identity accessidentity managementaccess reviewprivileged accessprivacy management ## 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.