PRIMA Compliance
German whistleblowing system operated by law firm Gebrueder Brands & Seehaus GbR, with tiered subscriptions from a self-service cloud plan up to a lawyer ombudsperson service.
Typical buyer
German SMEs that want a HinSchG-compliant reporting channel with the option to add a lawyer ombudsperson service, from a domestic law-firm-operated provider.
Distinctive features
- Operated by a German law firm with an optional lawyer ombudsperson tier
- Data processed in Germany, otherwise within the EU, with no transfers outside the EU (vendor-stated)
- Tiered model spanning a self-service cloud plan up to a fully managed ombudsperson service
- Published annual package prices for the ombudsperson tiers
- Standard packages orderable through an online form without a sales call
Add-ons and conditions
Costs or terms not included in the headline price.
- The self-service Basis cloud plan price was not published on the pages reviewed
- Ombudsperson packages are billed annually, not monthly
- Telephone hotline is a paid monthly add-on (EUR 15-25/month)
- No free trial was found on the pages reviewed
- No ISO 27001 certification found; the service references ISO 37301:2021, a compliance-management standard, not an information-security certification
Notable
- Operated by Gebrueder Brands & Seehaus GbR, a German law firm (Rechtsanwaelte, Fachanwaelte, Wirtschaftsjuristen) in Niedererbach, under the brand PRIMA Compliance / PRIMA Hinweisgeber.
- Byte Solution GmbH & Co. KG (Niedererbach) is named in the privacy policy as the processor for webhosting and server infrastructure, and is the developer behind the platform.
- Marketed as HinSchG- and GDPR-compliant and aligned with EU Directive 2019/1937; the whistleblowing-protection page also references the ISO 37301:2021 compliance-management standard.
- Three subscription tiers are described: Basis (self-service cloud plan where the organisation handles case processing itself), Business (vendor reviews and processes incoming reports through to reporting), and Premium (adds a lawyer as impartial ombudsperson).
- Ombudsperson packages carry published annual net prices: Starter EUR 1,500 (up to 150 employees, 6 hours), Business EUR 2,700 (up to 249 employees, 12 hours), Premium EUR 6,000 (250-1,000 employees, 20 hours); an Individual package for 1,000+ employees is quote-only.
- A telephone hotline is offered as a paid monthly add-on (EUR 15-25/month); training, audits, and compliance-officer appointment are also offered.
- Standard packages are ordered through an online form at bytesolution.de/prima-compliance (“Jetzt zahlungspflichtig bestellen”); no free trial was found on the pages reviewed.
- The privacy policy states data is processed in Germany and, exceptionally, on servers within the EU, with no transfers to third countries outside the EU, and that data is transmitted using 256-bit SSL encryption.
- Reports can be made anonymously and confidentially; the price of the self-service Basis cloud plan was not published on the pages reviewed.
- No ISO 27001 certification for the product or its hosting provider was found on the pages reviewed.
- Identity note: the operator is PRIMA Compliance (Gebrueder Brands & Seehaus GbR). prima-vera.de is an unrelated grain-products company that merely uses a different third-party whistleblowing tool, and is not the operator of this product.
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Frequently asked questions about PRIMA Compliance
Answers derived from vendor-published materials dated on this page.
Is PRIMA Compliance suitable for SMEs under 250 employees?
PRIMA Compliance does not publish entry-tier pricing, so SME buyers need to request a quote to assess fit. Procurement is mixed. German SMEs that want a HinSchG-compliant reporting channel with the option to add a lawyer ombudsperson service, from a domestic law-firm-operated provider.
Which national whistleblower laws does PRIMA Compliance explicitly reference?
PRIMA Compliance explicitly cites the following national transpositions of Directive 2019/1937 in its public materials: EU Directive 2019/1937, Germany (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz, HinSchG). Absence from this list does not mean the platform can't be used in other EU jurisdictions — all 27 member states have transposed the Directive. Verify jurisdictional fit with the vendor directly.
Does PRIMA Compliance process whistleblower report content with AI?
No — PRIMA Compliance does not process report content with AI or machine translation per its vendor materials. Verify the vendor's subprocessor list to confirm no downstream AI processing occurs.
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