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Data Protection

What is Data Protection?

The set of strategies and processes used to secure the privacy, availability, and integrity of data throughout its lifecycle.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data protection. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on data protection

Requirements naming data protection across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

GDPR13 controls

Ensure the data protection officer is involved, properly and in a timely manner, in all issues which relate to the protection of personal data.

GDPR-Art.38 · Position of the data protection officer

Appointment of representative for foreign controllers and data protection advisors

FADP-9 · Data Protection Advisor (Articles 14-15)

Provide internal and external channels for staff and contractors to report suspected breaches of the Act without fear of reprisal, with protection against retaliation and a documented investigation procedure.

ZDPA-18 · Whistleblowing on Data Protection Failures

Requires the controlling authority to implement data protection by design and by default and to meet general obligations for law-enforcement processing.

CZ-110-§32 · Zamerna a standardni ochrana osobnich udaju (data protection by design and default)

Engineering decisions on PETs and other measures should be informed by, and feed back into, the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA): identified high-risk processing drives the engineering measures, and the implemented measures reduce the residual risks re...

ENISA-DPE-2.2 · Connection with the Data Protection Impact Assessment

Questions people ask about data protection

What is Data Protection?
The set of strategies and processes used to secure the privacy, availability, and integrity of data throughout its lifecycle.
Why is Data Protection important for compliance?
Data Protection is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding data protection helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Protection?
Data Protection appears in the requirement text of Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, GDPR, Switzerland New Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nDSG, 2023), Zimbabwe Data Protection Act (2021), Czech Republic Act on the Protection of Personal Data (Act No. 110/2019 Coll.). Across these standards we have identified 62 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Protection?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data protection applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Data Protection applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.