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.
Terms that appear alongside privacy by default
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.
- privacy by design 11 shared controls
- gdpr 8 shared controls
- data protection 7 shared controls
- accountability 6 shared controls
- sub processor 4 shared controls
- profiling 4 shared controls
- compliance 4 shared controls
- governance 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern privacy by default
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 →Security Dimension 8 Privacy per X.805 Clause 6.8: Privacy provides protection of information that might be derived from the observation of network activities.
X805-Dim8-Privacy-Identification-Network-Activity-Personal-Information-Confidentiality · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 8 - Privacy + Identification of Network Activity + Personal Information Confidentiality + Subscriber Anonymity + Pseudonymity + Anti-Tracking + Location Privacy + Data Minimization + GDPR/CCPA Alignment →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
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