Privacy Impact Assessment Guide
Privacy Impact Assessment Overview
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) identify privacy risks in systems and processes. PIAs are required under many regulations for high-risk processing, helping organizations identify and mitigate privacy risks before implementation.
When PIA is Required
Conduct PIAs for new systems processing personal data, significant changes to existing systems, high-risk processing, large-scale monitoring, systematic profiling, or when required by regulations like GDPR DPIA requirements.
PIA Process
PIA process includes describing data processing, assessing necessity and proportionality, identifying privacy risks, evaluating risk severity, determining mitigation measures, consulting DPO and stakeholders, and documenting outcomes.
Risk Identification
Identify risks including excessive data collection, unauthorized access, unlawful sharing, retention violations, function creep, privacy violations, discrimination through profiling, and inadequate security controls.
Mitigation Strategies
Mitigate privacy risks through data minimization, privacy-by-design, encryption, access controls, retention limits, user controls, transparency, and implementing technical and organizational measures addressing identified risks.
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