The GDPR compliant leads you need. Minus 'grey areas'.
Unlike other providers, Cognism doesn't settle for 'GDPR aligned'.
We're GDPR compliant. Which means you get the emails and mobiles of people you want to do business with - without the legal team hitting the roof.
- All numbers scrubbed against global DNC lists: so your sales team can call with confidence
- All databases notified with opt-out option: so you can find new leads, not compliance issues
- ISO 27701 and SOC2 type II certified: so you're not just trusting us on our word
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These customers struggled with compliant leads.
Until Cognism.


Three-steps for compliant B2B leads.
With no effort needed from you.

“Everything Cognism did [on compliance] impressed us,
plus giving the choice to opt-in or out."
- Alexander Porter, Devo
#1 Database notified with opt-out
Get compliant leads - processed to strictest standards
Rule 1 of GDPR: If a vendor has your personal data, they need to notify you they hold it for direct marketing and give you an opt-out.
Unlike others, Cognism email notifies our full database with opt-outs. So you can worry less about compliance, more about marketing.
#2 Numbers scrubbed against do-not-call lists
Give sales fresh numbers to call - without the risk
Cognism is the only data provider that checks every number against global DNC lists. What's the alternative?
- The manual way: Check the numbers you have against a country’s do-not-call list, one by one.
- The Cognism way: Get DNC-cleaned numbers from the get-go and focus your time on wooing, wowing, and winning your prospects.

"Cognism’s mobiles allow you to have the fruitful
conversations all reps should be having”
- Joe Allsop, Evalian

“We can confidently say our data is from Cognism’s
compliant database of strictly B2B profiles”
- Ruël Sturk, Younium
#3 Strictly B2B emails, no personal emails
Goodbye'gmails', hello compliant campaigns
Many providers include B2C emails in their database. Cognism does not. These emails require additional consent, so we de-risk this for you and keep our emails 100% B2B.
Less risk of fines and less manual work for you to check.
And, where does the all data come from?
We're glad you asked. We combine first party with third party sources.
To give you the best the market can offer.
Proprietary data capture mechanisms
Our first layer: community-sourced data. It comes from members of our community who allow us to match information stored in signature blocks to business professionals in our database.
Publicly available information
We monitor publicly available info across corporate websites, job postings, news feeds, and company registries to confirm business info and add an additional layer of accuracy.
Proprietary machine learning models
We monitor the digital infrastructure of companies using ML models. We then cross-reference this with job postings to give insight into what tech is used in which companies.
Strategic partnerships
We've formed partnerships with premium providers. Which allows us to provide highly accurate supporting data like intent data (powered by Bombora) and sales event triggers (powered by CB Insights).
What's the next step?
Marketers across the world use Cognism to spend less time worrying about compliance, and more time doing real marketing.
If you have still have questions, or want a more detailed look at platform, schedule a conversation with us.