cside, a pioneer in AI-powered website security & compliance, announced the launch of Privacy Watch. The platform prevents website privacy violations on the client-side, a risk surface that is traditionally unmonitored. To help organizations automate compliance with regulations like GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, Privacy Watch deploys AI for continuous website risk monitoring, evidence logs, and regulation-specific reports.
Privacy violations from third-party scripts on websites go unnoticed until there is an incident or audit. 94% of modern websites use third party scripts but privacy teams don’t see how these data processors work behind the scenes. Chatbots, analytics tools, accessibility tools, and even font libraries access personal data (IP, geolocation, emails, provided contact details) when users visit your site. Regulators expect organizations to document and limit how those third party data processors interact with data, but most organizations have zero visibility on the real behavior of those scripts.
As consumers become more privacy conscious, global regulations continue to tighten. U.S. civil lawsuits over personal data leaks are increasing as 20 new U.S. state level privacy laws were put into effect between 2023 and 2026. This has left compliance teams overwhelmed with dozens of requirements to track. AI-native web compliance platforms like cside automate the documentation and evidence gathering to fulfill client-side requirements under these privacy laws, relieving compliance teams of one risk surface.
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“Businesses have no visibility into the behaviors of third party tools on their site, causing major privacy liability concerns,” said Simon Wijckmans, founder and CEO, cside. “Traditional privacy compliance software misses signals of malicious data exfiltration events. They were not built to prevent attacks nor monitor exactly what third party tools do. We originally built that capability for our customers to secure payment pages, then they immediately asked to use the intelligence cside gathers to fill gaps in privacy risk monitoring.”
“Our vision was to combine the deep visibility of a security tool with the automation of a compliance tool,” said Mike Kutlu, Head of GTM, cside. “Privacy teams keeping track of dozens of requirements need something fast and effortless to get them audit-ready. With Privacy Watch they can demonstrate compliance quickly without sacrificing security.”
SOURCE: GlobeNewswire