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Non-Compliance

What is Non-Compliance?

The failure to adhere to applicable laws, regulations, standards, or organizational policies, potentially resulting in penalties or enforcement actions.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as non-compliance. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on non-compliance

Requirements naming non-compliance across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Article 29 enables the Commission to adopt a non-compliance decision establishing that the gatekeeper does not comply with one or more Article 5/6/7 obligations and ordering compliance.

DMA-Art.29 · Non-compliance (Article 29)

Relevant persons must cooperate with the enforcement authority during investigations, including providing requested information, samples, and access to premises where products are held.

PSTI-2.1 · Non-Compliance Investigation Cooperation

Directions. Section 36 empowers the Authority to give directions to an organisation to ensure compliance with the Order.

BN-PDPO-s36 · Directions for non-compliance

Article 3(5) introduces a procedural presumption: where a defendant fails to comply with an order to disclose or preserve evidence at its disposal, the national court is to presume the defendant's non-compliance with a relevant duty of care, in particular the...

AILD-Art.3.5 · Presumption of non-compliance on refusal to disclose (Article 3(5))

Directions 14-17 establish the cooperation regime + enforcement framework. Direction 14: When required by CERT-In + service providers + intermediaries + data centres + body corporates + government organisations shall provide information sought + take such acti...

CERTIN-Compliance-Cooperation-CERTInOrders-Penalties-Applicability-Dir14to17-Section44-IT-Act · CERT-In Directions 14-17 Compliance and Cooperation - Mandatory Cooperation with CERT-In + Information Requests + Action Directives + Applicability + Penalties for Non-Compliance + Sec 44 + Sec 70B(7) IT Act

Penalties for non-compliance with AML/CTF obligations up to A$31.3 million per breach for corporations.

AMLCTF-Penalty · Non-Compliance Penalties

Questions people ask about non-compliance

What is Non-Compliance?
The failure to adhere to applicable laws, regulations, standards, or organizational policies, potentially resulting in penalties or enforcement actions.
Why is Non-Compliance important for compliance?
Non-Compliance is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding non-compliance helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Non-Compliance?
Non-Compliance appears in the requirement text of EU Digital Markets Act, UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI), Brunei Personal Data Protection Order 2022 (PDPO), EU AI Liability Directive, India CERT-In Cyber Security Directions 2022. Across these standards we have identified 13 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Non-Compliance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how non-compliance applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Non-Compliance applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.