GDPR Compliance with Meetily

Complete guide to achieving GDPR compliance with Meetily's privacy-first AI meeting assistant. Learn how local processing ensures automatic compliance and data sovereignty.

✅ Meetily is GDPR Compliant by Design

Thanks to 100% local processing, Meetily automatically satisfies most GDPR requirements. Your meeting data never leaves your organization's infrastructure, ensuring data sovereignty and privacy protection.

Why Meetily is GDPR Compliant by Design

🏠 Local Processing

All meeting transcription and AI processing happens locally on your devices. No meeting data is transmitted to external servers, ensuring complete data control.

🌍 Data Sovereignty

Meeting data remains within your organization's jurisdiction at all times, automatically satisfying GDPR's territorial requirements.

🔒 Privacy by Design

Meetily implements privacy by design principles (Article 25), with no data collection infrastructure or cloud dependencies.

📋 No DPA Required

Since no data is processed by third parties, Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with external vendors are not required for core functionality.

GDPR Principles & Meetily Alignment

Article 5: Principles of Processing

✅ Lawfulness, fairness, transparency

Local processing with user consent ensures lawful basis

✅ Purpose limitation

Data used only for meeting transcription and summaries

✅ Data minimization

Only processes audio data necessary for transcription

✅ Storage limitation

User controls data retention on their local devices

Article 25: Data Protection by Design

  • Technical measures: Local processing eliminates data transfer risks
  • Organizational measures: Privacy-first architecture by default
  • Data minimization: Only processes necessary meeting audio
  • Pseudonymization: Meeting participants can be anonymized

Article 32: Security of Processing

🔐 Encryption

Local file encryption at rest, secure processing

🛡️ Confidentiality

No network transmission maintains confidentiality

🔄 Integrity

Local processing prevents unauthorized alterations

⚡ Availability

Offline capability ensures continuous availability

GDPR Implementation Checklist

✅ Technical Implementation

  • Install Meetily locally

    Download and install on organization-controlled devices

  • Configure local storage

    Ensure meeting data is stored in compliant locations

  • Set up access controls

    Configure user permissions and device security

  • Enable audit logging

    Track data processing activities for accountability

📋 Legal & Organizational

  • Update privacy policy

    Include meeting recording and transcription practices

  • Obtain meeting consent

    Implement clear consent mechanisms for meeting participants

  • Document processing activities

    Maintain records as required by Article 30

  • Train staff

    Educate users on GDPR-compliant meeting practices

Data Processing Assessment

Meetily Data Flow Analysis

📥 Data Collection

  • • Meeting audio (temporary)
  • • Participant names (optional)
  • • Meeting metadata

⚙️ Data Processing

  • • Local AI transcription
  • • Summary generation
  • • Action item extraction

💾 Data Storage

  • • Local device storage
  • • User-controlled retention
  • • No cloud transmission

✅ GDPR Compliance Status

Data Controller: Your organization (complete control)
Data Processor: None (local processing only)
Data Transfers: None (no third-party transmission)
Retention: User-defined (complete control)

Documentation & Records

📄 Required Documentation

  • Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): Document risk analysis for meeting processing
  • Processing Records: Maintain Article 30 records for meeting data processing
  • Consent Forms: Templates for meeting participant consent
  • Data Retention Policy: Define meeting data lifecycle management

📋 Sample Documentation Templates

Privacy Notice Template

Include in meeting invitations and policies

"This meeting may be recorded and transcribed using Meetily, a privacy-first AI assistant. All processing happens locally on our devices. No data is transmitted to external services."

Consent Mechanism

Clear opt-in for meeting participants

"By joining this meeting, you consent to local recording and transcription for meeting notes. You can request deletion of your data at any time."

Organizational Measures

👥 Staff Training

  • • GDPR principles and requirements
  • • Meeting consent best practices
  • • Data subject rights handling
  • • Incident response procedures

🛡️ Access Controls

  • • Device security requirements
  • • User authentication protocols
  • • Meeting data access logs
  • • Regular access reviews

📊 Monitoring & Auditing

  • • Regular compliance assessments
  • • Processing activity monitoring
  • • Data subject request tracking
  • • Security incident logging

⚡ Incident Response

  • • Breach detection procedures
  • • 72-hour reporting protocol
  • • Data subject notification
  • • Remediation action plans

Ready for GDPR-Compliant Meeting AI?

Start using Meetily today and achieve GDPR compliance through privacy-first, local processing architecture.

✅ GDPR Compliant by Design • ✅ Local Processing • ✅ No Cloud Dependencies