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Privacy Governance

What is Privacy Governance?

The organizational structures, roles, and processes established to oversee and manage privacy compliance and risk across the enterprise.

Privacy and Data Protection

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

What the standards actually require on privacy governance

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

Establish governance for IoT security and privacy including policy, accountability and oversight across device, network and platform layers.

27400-5.1 · IoT Security and Privacy Governance

Govern PII processors and third parties through contracts, due diligence, and ongoing oversight.

ISO29100-6.7 · Third Party Privacy Governance

Controllers must designate privacy programme leadership, allocate resources, and report on programme performance to senior management.

TIPA-16 · Internal Privacy Governance and Accountability

While TDPSA does not mandate a named DPO, controllers must demonstrate accountability through written policies, training, recordkeeping of consumer requests and DPIAs, and a designated privacy contact accessible to consumers and the AG.

TDPSA-541-GOVERN · Privacy Governance and Accountability

Designate accountable management for personal data protection, allocate resources and report to senior leadership on privacy posture and incidents.

TN-DPL-17 · Privacy Governance and Accountability

The organization must designate a contact point for the customer on matters of processing and, where it is a controller, a contact point for the individuals whose information it processes, and must appoint one or more persons responsible for an organization wi...

iso-27701-2019::6.3.1 · Internal organization

Questions people ask about privacy governance

What is Privacy Governance?
The organizational structures, roles, and processes established to oversee and manage privacy compliance and risk across the enterprise.
Why is Privacy Governance important for compliance?
Privacy Governance is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding privacy governance 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 Governance?
Privacy Governance appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 27400:2022, ISO/IEC 29100:2024, Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA), Texas Data Privacy Act, Tunisia Organic Law on Personal Data Protection (Law No. 2004-63). Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Privacy Governance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how privacy governance 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 Governance 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.