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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.

Control: The effectiveness of the privacy controls in the device and service is reviewed, and new privacy risks are continually identified in light of changing end-user privacy needs and regulatory requirements.

iso-iec-27400-2022::7.2.2-06 · 7.2.2-06 Management of IoT privacy controls →

Organizations should identify privacy controls, and put them in place, so that the privacy safeguarding requirements surfaced by assessing and treating privacy risk are met, and document the controls as part of the risk assessment;

iso-iec-29100-2024::4.7 · 4.7 Privacy controls →

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 →

From 1 January 2027 motor vehicle manufacturers must, for model year 2030 and later vehicles (unless a model is technologically incapable), provide clearly labelled in-vehicle controls, usable by any driver and persistent, to view categories of data collected...

utah-consumer-privacy-act::MV-502 · Motor vehicle manufacturers: in-vehicle privacy controls for model year 2030 vehicles and deletion on protective orders →
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 →
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 →

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 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Privacy Controls?
Privacy Controls appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 27400:2022, ISO/IEC 29100:2024, NIST Privacy Framework, Utah Consumer Privacy Act, NIST SP 800-37. Across these standards we have identified 9 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 1,016 frameworks.

See how Privacy Controls applies across compliance frameworks

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