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Apache Consulting (Apache Consults / Vadasz Ventures) review

Advisory firm

A Washington, DC firm whose privacy line covers the US laws HIPAA and CCPA and the EU's GDPR, including an outsourced Chief Privacy Officer service.

Relevant if you want outsourced Chief Privacy Officer help and will confirm the firm's legal entity first

Price Not published
Indemnity cover Not published
How it uses AI Not published
Facts last checked

Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages.

Apache Consulting scores

Six scores, each 1 to 5. The evidence for each is further down.

Help when things go wrong 1/5
Qualifications of the people who do the work 1/5
What it publishes about fees 1/5
Knowledge of your sector 1/5
Independence from what it sells 2/5
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 1/5

What Apache Consulting offers, and what it publishes

Apache Consulting sells privacy consulting on the US laws HIPAA and CCPA and the EU's GDPR, including an outsourced Chief Privacy Officer. Privacy is one of several lines, alongside healthcare, FDA and financial crime compliance, digital forensics, investigations and M&A work. The only named person is the founder, Gabriel Vadasz, an attorney and D.C. Bar member.

Apache Consulting does not publish a price, fee structure or retainer model. No privacy credential such as CIPP or CIPM, and no DPO title, is listed for anyone. It does not publish indemnity cover or say how it uses AI. Its homepage testimonials give only a first name and initial, with no company.

Apache Consulting's contact page address, '712 Street, N.E. Suite 1418', appears to be missing a street name. We could not confirm the firm's company registration: OpenCorporates' District of Columbia index returned no match for 'Apache Consult' or 'Vadasz Ventures', and the District's own register could not be read. Ask which legal entity would sign your contract.

Strengths

  • Publishes a dedicated service page for HIPAA/GDPR/CCPA privacy consulting, including an outsourced/fractional Chief Privacy Officer model.
  • Founder holds an active law licence (D.C. Bar) giving the firm a legal-practice base, even though it is not privacy-specific.

Things to check

  • No named privacy specialist, DPO, or CIPP/CIPM-credentialed staff member appears anywhere on the site; the sole named person is an attorney with no listed privacy certification.
  • Homepage client testimonials are anonymised to first name plus last initial only, with no company name or verifiable outcome attached.
  • We could not read the District of Columbia register. Ask for its company registration details.
  • Privacy consulting is presented as one of eight-plus unrelated service lines rather than a firm specialism.

Common questions

Is Apache Consulting registered in the District of Columbia?

Unconfirmed. OpenCorporates' District of Columbia index returned no match for 'Apache Consult' or 'Vadasz Ventures', and the District's own business register could not be read. This is a gap, not a finding either way.

Does Apache Consulting name a privacy specialist or DPO?

No. The team page names only the founder, Gabriel Vadasz, an attorney and D.C. Bar member. No privacy credential such as CIPP or CIPM, and no DPO title, is listed for anyone.

Does Apache Consulting publish its fees?

No. No price, fee structure or retainer model appears on its privacy page or elsewhere on its site.

Is privacy a specialism at Apache Consulting?

No. It is one of several practice areas, listed alongside healthcare, FDA and financial crime compliance, digital forensics, compliance investigations and M&A work.

Evidence for each Apache Consulting score

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Notes behind each thing to check

  • No named privacy specialist, DPO, or CIPP/CIPM-credentialed staff member appears anywhere on the site; the sole named person is an attorney with no listed privacy certification. (Team page (apacheconsults.com/our-team/) lists only founder Gabriel Vadasz, attorney, D.C. Bar and Federalist Society member, with no privacy credential shown.)
  • Homepage client testimonials are anonymised to first name plus last initial only, with no company name or verifiable outcome attached. (Homepage testimonials read 'Michael R.', 'Sarah L.', 'David W.', 'Jessica T.', 'Robert P.' with no further identifying detail.)
  • We could not read the District of Columbia register. Ask for its company registration details. (OpenCorporates DC search returned 0 matches for 'Apache Consult' and 'Vadasz Ventures'; the official DC BOSS portal is a JS-only single-page app that returned no readable content via WebFetch or Bright Data's Web Unlocker.)
  • Privacy consulting is presented as one of eight-plus unrelated service lines rather than a firm specialism. (apacheconsults.com/who-we-are/ lists Data Protection/Privacy alongside Healthcare Compliance, FDA Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance, Digital Forensics, Compliance Investigations and M&A/capital-raising as separate practice areas.)
Six criteria, each scored 1 to 5, with the evidence for each.
CriterionScoreEvidence
Help when things go wrong 1/5 No named regulatory-defence matter, breach-response engagement, or client outcome is published anywhere on the site or in press coverage found.
Qualifications of the people who do the work 1/5 The only named individual is an attorney with no privacy credential; no CIPP, CIPM, FIP, or DPO designation appears for any staff member.
What it publishes about fees 1/5 No pricing, fee structure, retainer model, or engagement-cost detail appears on any privacy service page reviewed on the site.
Knowledge of your sector 1/5 Privacy sits as one of many unrelated practice areas (debt settlement, M&A, digital forensics, FDA) rather than a demonstrated specialism with named experts.
Independence from what it sells 2/5 No compliance software product is sold on the site, but overall disclosure is so thin that independence cannot be confidently assessed either way.
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 1/5 No professional indemnity insurance, service guarantee, or liability commitment is disclosed anywhere on the website.

Sources for Apache Consulting

  • Apache Consulting publishes a data-protection/privacy service line covering HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA, including Outsourced/Fractional Chief Privacy Officer services. (Privacy consulting service page live) (apacheconsults.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • The firm's only named team member is founder Gabriel Vadasz, an attorney and D.C. Bar member; no privacy credential (CIPP, CIPM) or DPO title is listed for him or any other staff. (1 named person, no privacy credential) (apacheconsults.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • The contact page lists a Washington, DC address with an apparently unfilled template placeholder for the street name. (712 Street, N.E. Suite 1418, Washington DC 20002) (apacheconsults.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • No entity named 'Apache Consult(ing)' or 'Vadasz Ventures' appears in OpenCorporates' District of Columbia company index. (0 matches) (opencorporates.com, checked 20 September 2026)

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