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Privacy Officer

What is Privacy Officer?

An individual responsible for developing and implementing privacy policies and ensuring organizational compliance with data protection regulations.

Privacy and Data Protection

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

What the standards actually require on privacy officer

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

Articles 30-3 and 31 with Decree Article 32: the business owner or representative bears final responsibility and must provide staff and budget;

south-korea-pipa::31 · Designate a qualified, independent privacy officer; larger controllers need board approval and must report the appointment →

Assign key roles and responsibilities for privacy management: a senior staff member with overall accountability for privacy, and staff responsible for managing privacy, including a key privacy officer who handles internal and external privacy enquiries, compla...

oaic-privacy-management-framework::1.2 · 1.2 Appoint privacy roles, a senior accountable officer and a key privacy officer →

Per Privacy Act 2020 + OPC: governance + enforcement. Requirements include (a) appoint Privacy Officer with defined responsibilities including handling complaints + facilitating compliance + cooperating with OPC + (b) cooperate with OPC including responding to...

NZPRV-8 · Privacy Officer, OPC Cooperation, Compliance Notices, Complaints, Training →

The organisation provides incident response training matched to roles within a set time of taking an incident response role or gaining system access, when system changes require and at a set frequency thereafter, and reviews and updates the content at a set fr...

canada-itsp-10-033-security-and-privacy-controls-and-assurance-activities-catalogue::IR-02 · IR-02 Incident response training →

HBNR crosswalk to comprehensive security + privacy + health frameworks. NIST CSF 2.0 mapping: GOVERN (privacy officer + IR + records + TPSP) + IDENTIFY (PHR identifiable info inventory + 3rd-party SDK audit + affected individual identification) + PROTECT (encr...

HBNR-Crosswalk-NIST-CSF-ISO-HIPAA · Crosswalk to NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-66, ISO 27001/27701, SOC 2 and HIPAA →
MARS-E2 controls

Protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) handled by Exchanges. Apply NIST 800-122 PII Confidentiality Impact Level determination + minimum necessary standard for use disclosure and request + HIPAA Privacy Rule 45...

MARS-E-Privacy-PII-PHI-Minimum-Necessary-HIPAA-Privacy-Rule-NIST-800-122-45-CFR-164-Subpart-E · MARS-E Privacy + PII + PHI + Minimum Necessary + HIPAA Privacy Rule + NIST 800-122 + 45 CFR 164 Subpart E →

Questions people ask about privacy officer

What is Privacy Officer?
An individual responsible for developing and implementing privacy policies and ensuring organizational compliance with data protection regulations.
Why is Privacy Officer important for compliance?
Privacy Officer is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding privacy officer 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 Officer?
Privacy Officer appears in the requirement text of South Korea PIPA, OAIC Privacy Management Framework, Privacy Act 2020, Canada ITSP.10.033 Security and Privacy Controls and Assurance Activities Catalogue, FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. Across these standards we have identified 11 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Privacy Officer?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how privacy officer 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.

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