# Aleada Consulting - **Type:** Advisory firm - **Website:** https://www.aleada.co/ - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) A US privacy consultancy founded by three partners with IAPP privacy certifications. It builds privacy programmes and runs privacy impact assessments, cookie audits and privacy-by-design reviews. ## Aleada Consulting scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 2/5 No public case study, regulatory filing or news item describes Aleada leading an actual breach response or enforcement-defence engagement; only general client testimonials exist. ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 4/5 All three named partners hold recognised IAPP privacy certifications (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE), and two hold JD/LLM law degrees from accredited institutions. ### What it publishes about fees: 3/5 Pricing approach (flat project fee or monthly retainer) is stated publicly on the FAQ page, but no rate card, hourly rate or cost range is published anywhere. ### Knowledge of your sector: 3/5 Site claims technology, financial, healthcare and government sector experience, backed by named clients Labelbox and Ripple, but with limited published depth or case detail. ### Independence from what it sells: 3/5 Aleada partners with a law firm, an audit firm and two software vendors simultaneously, spreading commercial reliance rather than funnelling clients to one product. ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 2/5 No professional liability insurance, warranty, guarantee or remediation commitment language appears on any reviewed page of the firm's public website. ## Sources for Aleada Consulting Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - Aleada Consulting LLC is registered in California under this entity number - Source: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/201700410064 - Checked: 2026-09-20 - OpenCorporates' aggregated record tags this LLC's status as inactive - Source: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/201700410064 - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Aleada was founded by three named partners - Source: https://www.aleada.co/about-us - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Co-founder Elena Elkina holds named privacy credentials and legal degrees - Source: https://www.aleada.co/team - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Aleada publicly discloses its pricing approach - Source: https://www.aleada.co/faq - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Named clients give public testimonials evidencing an active privacy practice - Source: https://www.aleada.co/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Not published - Indemnity cover: Not published - Credentials: Published - Independent accreditation: Not published - Client results: Not published - How it uses AI: Not published ## Strengths - Three named, credentialed partners (Elena Elkina JD/LLM CIPP/US/E/CIPM/CIPT; Alya Franklin CIPP/US, CIPT, CDPSE, CISA, CRISC, PMP; Kenesa Ahmad JD/LLM CIPP/US) with decades of combined privacy and compliance background - Public, named client testimonials from Labelbox and Ripple senior legal/compliance officers evidencing a real, operating DPO/privacy practice rather than a marketing shell - Fee approach (flat fee per project or monthly retainer) is disclosed openly on the public FAQ page rather than gated behind a sales call - Partner network is diversified across an auditor (Schellman), a law firm (Orrick), a design firm (Good Research) and software vendors (OneTrust, Vault JS) rather than funnelled through one software product ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - The firm's California LLC (entity 201700410064) is tagged 'inactive'/'terminated' in OpenCorporates' aggregated register data, and current good-standing status could not be independently confirmed because CA SOS's own bizfileonline search blocked automated access on every attempt made. - Basis: OpenCorporates company record class attribute reads 'company_search_result inactive terminated' for ALEADA CONSULTING LLC, CA entity 201700410064 - No professional liability or errors-and-omissions insurance disclosure appears anywhere on the firm's public website. - Basis: Absence confirmed by direct review of aleada.co about-us, faq, team and services pages - The website makes no disclosure about the firm's own use of AI tools or how client data is handled within any AI-assisted workflow. - Basis: No AI-use or data-handling statement found on aleada.co about-us or faq pages during review ## Where this firm appears - [Do you need a data protection officer?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/first-appointment) - [Your sector adds its own rules to UK data protection law](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/sector-regulated) - [Compare providers](https://theassurancedesk.com/compare) --- **Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in. **Who publishes this.** The Assurance Desk is published by Add-Venture Advisory Ltd, company number 11854524, registered in England and Wales. The same owner runs Avouch, a marketing agency that sells AI visibility services to firms of the kind this site covers. That is a conflict of interest, and it is disclosed here. **Corrections.** If you represent this firm and something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@theassurancedesk.com with the evidence.