Privacy Compliance
What is Privacy Compliance?
The adherence to applicable privacy laws, regulations, and organizational policies governing the handling of personal information.
Terms that appear alongside privacy compliance
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as privacy compliance. The number is how many controls name both.
- compliance 6 shared controls
- ciso 2 shared controls
- remediation 2 shared controls
- compliance officer 2 shared controls
- audit 2 shared controls
- cybersecurity 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern privacy compliance
What the standards actually require on privacy compliance
Requirements naming privacy compliance across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Compliance with applicable privacy requirements is assessed periodically and reported to senior management.
australian-energy-sector-cyber-security-framework-aescsf::PRIVACY-1O · PRIVACY-1O: Privacy compliance assessed and reported to senior management →Show, and check, that processing satisfies the data protection and privacy safeguarding requirements, through audits held periodically using internal or trusted third-party auditors;
iso-iec-29100-2024::5.12 · 5.12 Privacy compliance →Runs the privacy compliance programme, including the assessments and records that show personal information is handled lawfully.
NICE-OG-WRL-008 · Privacy Compliance →Document compliance with privacy obligations, including records of privacy process reviews, breaches and complaints, and brief senior management and those responsible for privacy management on the risks or issues identified.
oaic-privacy-management-framework::3.2 · 3.2 Document privacy compliance and brief those responsible →The processor uses third-party certifications or other risk assessments at appropriate intervals, adjusts its safeguards to their results and implements the recommendations of any privacy compliance audits.
global-cross-border-privacy-rules-global-cbpr-forum::PRP.8 · Global PRP requirement 8: third-party certifications or risk assessments →The organisation develops defined privacy reports and gives them to oversight bodies to show accountability and to officials monitoring privacy compliance, and reviews and updates them at a set frequency.
canada-itsp-10-033-security-and-privacy-controls-and-assurance-activities-catalogue::PM-27 · PM-27 Privacy reporting →Questions people ask about privacy compliance
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