SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2026 (Globe Newswire) — sidea pioneer in AI-powered website security and compliance, today announced privacy watch. The platform prevents website privacy violations on the client side, an aspect of risk that has traditionally gone unmonitored. To help organizations automate compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, Privacy Watch deploys AI to create continuous risk monitoring of websites, evidence logging, and regulation-specific reporting.
Privacy violations caused by third-party scripts on your website may go unnoticed until an incident or audit occurs. 94% of modern websites Although we use third-party scripts, our privacy team has no idea how these data processors work behind the scenes. When a user visits your site, chatbots, analytics tools, accessibility tools, and even font libraries have access to your personal data (IP, location, email, contact details provided). Regulators expect organizations to document and restrict how third-party data processors interact with their data, but most organizations have no idea what those scripts actually do.
Global regulations continue to tighten as consumers become more privacy conscious. With 20 new U.S. state-level privacy laws taking effect from 2023 to 2026, U.S. civil lawsuits over personal data breaches are on the rise. This leaves compliance teams overwhelmed with dozens of requirements to track. An AI-native web compliance platform like cside automates documentation and evidence collection to meet client-side requirements under these privacy laws, freeing compliance teams from a single risk dimension.
cside’s Privacy Watch automates website privacy compliance with the following key features:
- Monitor what data third-party scripts access and where they send it
- AI-powered detection of website privacy violation risks
- AI-assisted documentation for different regulatory frameworks
- Flag unauthorized or excessive collection from scripts, plugins, or third-party code
- Be aware of vendor code changes that enhance data collection.
- Visually track cross-border data transfers
- Detects scripts launched before consent or outside approved categories
- Verify that third-party processors are operating within their intended range
- Protection from client-side attacks to demonstrate reasonable security measures
“Companies have no visibility into the behavior of third-party tools on their sites, raising serious privacy liability concerns,” said Simon Wijckmans, founder and CEO of cside. “Traditional privacy compliance software misses signals of malicious data exfiltration events. They weren’t built to prevent attacks or accurately monitor the behavior of third-party tools. We originally built that functionality for our customers to protect their payment pages, but then our customers quickly asked us to use the information our intelligence side collects to fill gaps in privacy risk monitoring.”
Privacy Watch helps you meet requirements based on the following frameworks:
- GDPR: Articles 6, 25, 28, 30 and 32
- CCPA/CPRA and US state law: Transparency in data sharing, purpose limitations, and documented safeguards against data breaches.
Ignoring client-side protections leaves the door open to data breaches. British Airways’ £20 million GDPR fine was due to client-side security vulnerabilities. litigation tracking A study by law firm Perkins Coie found that 76% of civil CCPA lawsuits cite failure to implement reasonable security safeguards.
“Our vision was to combine the deep visibility of security tools with the automation of compliance tools,” said Mike Kutlu, Head of GTM at Cside. “Privacy teams tracking dozens of requirements need a quick and easy way to prepare for audits. Privacy Watch allows them to quickly demonstrate compliance without sacrificing security.”
Learn more about Privacy Watch: https://cside.com/solutions/privacy-watch
About C side
cside is a venture-backed cybersecurity company specializing in browser-side threat detection, protection, and intelligence. The company’s platform provides complete visibility and control over vulnerable first-party and third-party scripts running on your website, ensuring optimal performance while protecting sensitive visitor data. cside’s innovative technology helps customers secure their web supply chains, prevent fraud, and maintain compliance with evolving data protection regulations.
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