Compliance Guides

Compliance, explained for founders.

No legalese. No scare tactics. Plain-English guides to the compliance questions SaaS founders actually google.

GDPR6 min read

What Triggers GDPR for SaaS Startups

A plain-English guide to when GDPR applies to your SaaS product, what it actually requires, and what changes in your product would make your existing docs non-compliant.

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AI Compliance5 min read

What to Disclose When You Use OpenAI (or Any LLM)

If your SaaS uses OpenAI, Anthropic, or another LLM API, here's exactly what you need to disclose to users, what your privacy policy must say, and what compliance requirements apply in 2026.

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Compliance Basics8 min read

How to Keep Your Privacy Policy, Terms, and AI Disclosures Current as Your Product Changes

A practical guide to keeping SaaS compliance docs accurate after vendor changes, AI feature launches, and data-flow updates, without hiring a lawyer every time something ships.

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Compliance Basics7 min read

Manual Compliance Tracking vs Ongoing Monitoring: Which Is Right for Your SaaS?

A plain-English comparison of managing privacy policy and disclosure accuracy by hand versus using ongoing monitoring. What each approach costs in time and risk, and when each one makes sense.

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Compliance Basics7 min read

The 5 Compliance Gaps Every SaaS Founder Misses

Most SaaS founders think compliance is a one-time task. It's not. Here are the five gaps that silently grow between what your product does and what your legal docs say, and how to close them.

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Vendor Compliance4 min read

Do I Need a DPA With Stripe?

Short answer: yes, if you have EU users. Here's what a Data Processing Agreement is, why Stripe (and your other vendors) need one, and exactly how to get it signed.

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