July 2026 Converting an open-ended regulatory exposure into a predictable monthly cost Intro Compliance spending competes with every other line in a growing company's budget, and for US companies selling into Europe, the EU Data Representative ('EU Data Rep.') requirement under Article 27 GDPR can look like one more cost. Framed correctly, it is the opposite: one of the cheapest pieces of risk mitigation available, because the exposure it removes is large, quantifiable and gr