GDPR vs ISO 27701:2019
What is the difference between GDPR and ISO 27701:2019?
GDPR is a privacy framework applying in the European Union, with 27 controls across 13 domains. ISO 27701:2019 is a information security framework applying in International, with 136 controls across 6 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
GDPR into ISO 27701:2019
34.3%37 of 108 ISO 27701:2019 controls carry evidence from GDPR, leaving 71 to satisfy separately.
75 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →ISO 27701:2019 into GDPR
52.5%21 of 40 GDPR controls carry evidence from ISO 27701:2019, leaving 19 to satisfy separately.
57 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about GDPR and ISO 27701:2019
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