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The EDPB Website Auditing Tool is a compliance-focused utility designed to determine whether any given website meets legal data-protection requirements. Developed within the framework of the EDPB Support Pool of Experts (SPE), the open-source program enables auditors, controllers and processors to prepare, conduct and immediately evaluate an on-site compliance check simply by visiting the target URL. Legal and technical teams at national data-protection authorities rely on it for rapid, standardised assessments, while private controllers and processors can run the same tests to pre-validate their own online services before formal supervision. Because the review is executed directly inside the application, no external services or manual checklists are required, streamlining the workflow from initial scan to final report. The software is classified under the “Security & Privacy” category and is currently offered in version 2.0.1, representing the third public release in an iterative cycle that has progressively refined detection rules, reporting clarity and cross-platform stability. Earlier iterations focused on core scanning logic, whereas the present build introduces enhanced heuristic checks, broader cookie-consent recognition and improved export formats compatible with common audit documentation standards. All functionality is delivered through a lightweight desktop interface that keeps generated data local, aligning with the confidentiality expectations of supervisory bodies and private organisations alike. The EDPB Website Auditing Tool is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are served through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, guaranteeing the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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