Creating Your Vendor List

Your vendor list should include all other companies your business interacts with if the interaction involves sharing, receiving, or accessing personal information of your business's customers or users.

Here's a list of common types of vendors:

Sales
Marketing
Finance
Digital Advertising
Order Fulfillment
Customer Support
Data Analytics
Commerce (eCommerce, payment processors)
Communication (voice, chat, email, video)
Document or Contract Storage
Project Management
Product and Design
Engineering and Development
Supply Chain & Logistics
IT Infrastructure (e.g., hosting)
Cybersecurity

Website Cookie Check

An effective way to ensure your list is complete is to check the cookies on your website and web application as a way identifying vendors that are easily overlooked.

To perform a cookie check, follow these quick easy steps.

A few helpful tips:

You may need to run a Google search to find out what vendors are associated with which third party cookies
You may need to work with your marketing team to understand what companies are associated with certain advertising-related cookies
You may also encounter data analytics cookies
You'll want to check the cookies on your webpages that receive the most web traffic from visitors