The DPIA wizard: Article 35 without the blank page
A DPIA for AI processing should start from what you already documented — which vendors process what, where models run, which routing rules apply. Fronterio's wizard pre-fills that evidence, drafts the six required sections with AI, and keeps a human in charge of every judgement.
The full Article 35(7) structure, from description to DPO advice
Supply chains, transfers and safeguards flow in from the register
High residual risk flags prior consultation — never silently ignored
From documented estate to defensible assessment
Most DPIAs die in the gathering phase: who are the processors, where does inference run, which safeguards exist? If you keep the AI Vendor & Model Register, those answers already live in Fronterio — the wizard assembles them into a deterministic evidence annex the moment you start.
The wizard then walks the six sections GDPR Article 35(7) actually requires: a systematic description of the processing, the necessity and proportionality assessment, the risks to data subjects, the mitigating measures, the residual risk, and the advice of your data protection officer.
An AI draft can pre-write each section, grounded in the evidence annex and honest about gaps — it flags what it doesn't know instead of inventing safeguards. Your team reviews, edits and completes; the assessment is never 'done' until a human says so.
If residual risk stays high, the wizard flags GDPR Article 36 prior consultation with your supervisory authority. Completed DPIAs become immutable evidence: exportable as a branded PDF with the live annex, and never deletable from the audit trail.
Blank-page DPIAs vs. evidence-first DPIAs
Without the wizard
- Every DPIA starts with weeks of asking around: which vendors, which regions, which contracts
- The processing description is written from memory and goes stale the day it's signed
- Residual-risk judgements live in a Word file nobody can find during an audit
- Prior-consultation duty under Article 36 is discovered late — or not at all
With the wizard
- The evidence annex assembles itself from the vendor register and routing policy you already maintain
- Six guided sections mirror Article 35(7) exactly — nothing forgotten, nothing improvised
- AI drafting accelerates the writing; completion is an explicit human act with an audit trail
- High residual risk flags Article 36 automatically, and the PDF is ready for the authority
What the DPIA wizard gives your privacy team
The evidence annex
Vendor chains, model residency, DPA status, transfer mechanisms and routing rules — rebuilt live at export time, so the annex reflects today's estate, not last quarter's.
Article 35(7) structure
Description, necessity & proportionality, risks, mitigations, residual risk, DPO advice — the exact sections a supervisory authority expects to see.
Grounded AI drafting
The draft cites your documented facts and marks gaps honestly. It accelerates the work; it never replaces the judgement.
Article 36 flagging
When residual risk remains high, the assessment carries a visible prior-consultation flag — on screen and in the PDF.
Special-category nudges
Free-text sections are scanned for Article 9 special-category signals, prompting the extra care those data deserve.
Immutable once completed
Completed DPIAs cannot be deleted — they are evidence. Drafts stay editable until you commit.
How an assessment comes together
Pick the subject
An AI agent from your governance registry, or an organisation-wide processing activity.
Let the estate pre-fill
The wizard assembles the supply-chain, transfer and routing evidence from the register — before you type a word.
Draft, review, decide
Generate an AI draft or write each section yourself; review the risks and record the DPO's advice.
Complete and export
Completion stamps the audit trail; the PDF with its live evidence annex goes to your DPO, board or authority.
“The first DPIA took us six weeks of chasing contracts and screenshots. The second one started 80% written — because the register already knew our estate.”
Included from Free
Every plan includes the DPIA wizard — the Free tier includes one assessment, paid plans are unlimited with AI drafting from Pro.
Start your next DPIA from evidence
Document your AI vendors once — and let every assessment after that start pre-filled.