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Privacy by Default

What is Privacy by Default?

The principle that systems should be designed to automatically apply the strongest privacy settings without requiring user intervention.

Privacy and Data Protection

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

What the standards actually require on privacy by default

Requirements naming privacy by default across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Standard 3 per Section 21 + the Schedule of the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020: Personal data shall be adequate + relevant + and necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed (Data Minimisation Principle).

JM-DPA2020-Standard3-Adequacy-Relevance-Necessity-Sec21-Data-Minimisation-No-Excess-Processing · Jamaica DPA 2020 Standard 3 - Adequacy + Relevance + Necessity + Section 21 + Data Minimisation + No Excess Processing + Proportionality + Privacy by Default + Field-Level Restraint + Granular Permissions

Fiji Data Protection Bill 2020 Part IV - Controller and Processor Obligations. CONTROLLER ACCOUNTABILITY: controllers must demonstrate compliance through documented policies + records of processing + data-protection-impact-assessments (DPIAs) for high-risk pro...

FjDPB-Controller-Processor-Security-Breach · Controller + Processor Obligations + Security + Breach Notification

Greece Law 4624/2019 implementation roadmap. ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES: (a) DATA PROTECTION OFFICER (DPO) - mandatory for public authorities + bodies with large-scale processing of special category data + criminal data + systematic monitoring (Greek Article 6);

GR-DPA-Implementation-Roles-DPO-Sectoral · Greece Law 4624/2019 Implementation Roadmap, Organizational Roles, DPO and Sectoral Application

System development and design policies must give guidance on the organization's processing needs based on its obligations to individuals and applicable law, covering privacy principles in the development lifecycle, privacy requirements at the design phase info...

iso-27701-2019::6.11.2 · Security in development and support processes
LGPD1 control

Brazil LGPD Articles 41 + 46-50 Governance and Accountability. Article 41 Data Protection Officer (Encarregado pelo Tratamento de Dados Pessoais - Brazilian-specific term for DPO) - mandatory designation by all controllers (default + exceptions per ANPD Resolu...

LGPD-BR-Governance-Encarregado-DPO-ROPA-DPIA-Privacy-by-Design-Article-46-50-Codes-of-Conduct · Brazil LGPD Governance + Encarregado (DPO) + ROPA + DPIA + Articles 46-50

Questions people ask about privacy by default

What is Privacy by Default?
The principle that systems should be designed to automatically apply the strongest privacy settings without requiring user intervention.
Why is Privacy by Default important for compliance?
Privacy by Default is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding privacy by default 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 Privacy by Default?
Privacy by Default appears in the requirement text of Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, Fiji Data Protection Bill (2020), Greece Law 4624/2019 - Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Implementation Act, ISO 27701:2019, ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Privacy by Default?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how privacy by default 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.

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