How to run a stronger website compliance review
This page is designed to give high-level, practical guidance only. Exact obligations can depend on how your website operates, the technologies it uses, the audiences it serves and the way the underlying business model works in practice.
Start with the live journey. What does a user actually experience? Which pages collect information? What choices are offered? Which documents are linked? Which scripts or tools are visibly present? What promises or explanations appear at the point of action?
Then check alignment. Do privacy explanations still fit the forms and tools on the site? Do cookie-related controls match the actual tracking behaviour? Do public-facing terms still reflect the current offer, access model or service structure? Are important disclosures still current and visible where they matter?
Next, assess governance. Who owns review? Is there a cadence? Are updates logged? Can the business show what changed and when? The quality of a website review is limited if no one owns the next step after findings are identified.
Finally, prioritise action. Not every issue has the same urgency, but the review should still produce concrete next steps rather than a vague sense that something might need attention. Some businesses use a website compliance checker as a starting point before moving into a fuller review. If you want a faster first pass before a fuller review, use the compliance estimator.