Tool

Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) Template

UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Free Intermediate

A fill-in-the-blanks worksheet for documenting why your cold outreach counts as a legitimate interest, before a regulator or an annoyed prospect asks. Filling it out once for your outreach process takes an afternoon and gives you a real answer instead of a shrug if anyone challenges you.

  • Walks you through the purpose, necessity, and balancing test in order.
  • A completed LIA on file is what demonstrates accountability, not just believing you are compliant.
  • Free download, reusable across every outreach campaign you run.

The question it answers

  1. Is it legal to cold email people in India, and do I need their consent first?

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