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Privacy Controls

What is Privacy Controls?

Technical and organizational measures implemented to protect personal data and ensure compliance with privacy requirements.

Privacy and Data Protection

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

What the standards actually require on privacy controls

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

FedRAMP Rev 51 control

FedRAMP Rev 5 PII handling + privacy controls operationalise: (a) the PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (5 USC 552a) + the E-Government Act of 2002;

FedRAMP-PII-Privacy · FedRAMP PII processing + privacy controls (NIST 800-53 Rev 5 PT family + Privacy Act)

Apply Control-P function including: Control Policies (CT.PO-P) covering policies + plans + processes for privacy risk control; Data Management (CT.DM-P) covering data quality + retention + destruction + access + transmission + alteration + deletion + correctio...

NISTPF-3 · Control-P - Privacy Controls, Data Management, and Disassociated Processing
NIST SP 800-373 controls

Execute the Implement step per NIST SP 800-37 Rev 2 Chapter 3 Step 4. Implement the controls selected in Step 2 and document how the controls are employed in the system and environment of operation.

NISTSP37-4 · RMF Implement Step: Control Implementation and Documentation
FISMA1 control

FISMA is operationalized through NIST publications (mandatory per 44 USC 3553(e) + NIST FISMA Implementation Project). NIST SP 800-53 REV 5 (Security and Privacy Controls): 1,189 controls + control enhancements across 20 families (AC + AT + AU + CA + CM + CP +...

FISMA-NIST-800-53-RMF-800-171-FIPS · Operationalisation via NIST 800-53 + 800-37 RMF + 800-171 + FIPS 199 + FIPS 200
FedRAMP High1 control

Permit use of external systems only after verifying security/privacy controls or approved connection agreement.

AC-20(1) · Limits on Authorized Use

Permit use of external systems only after verifying security/privacy controls or approved connection agreement.

AC-20(1) · Limits on Authorized Use

Questions people ask about privacy controls

What is Privacy Controls?
Technical and organizational measures implemented to protect personal data and ensure compliance with privacy requirements.
Why is Privacy Controls important for compliance?
Privacy Controls is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding privacy controls 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 Controls?
Privacy Controls appears in the requirement text of FedRAMP Rev 5, NIST Privacy Framework, NIST SP 800-37, FISMA, FedRAMP High. Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Privacy Controls?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how privacy controls 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 Privacy Controls 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.