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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.

Designate Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) per **MINNESOTA-UNIQUE** Section 325O.06 requirement among US state privacy laws. Controllers processing personal data of 100,000 or more consumers MUST designate a Chief Privacy Officer or equivalent senior officer respon...

MN-CDPA-Chief-Privacy-Officer-Section-325O-06-MN-UNIQUE-Designation-Privacy-Programme-Training · Minnesota CDPA Chief Privacy Officer + Section 325O.06 + MINNESOTA-UNIQUE Designation + Privacy Programme + Training

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

Appoint a privacy officer and establish accountability for privacy management (OAIC Privacy Management Framework).

GOV-PO · Privacy officer and accountability

Korea PIPA Articles 28 + 31 + 33 governance regime. Article 28 obligations of personal information handlers including security measures + training + supervision of processors.

PIPA-CPO-DPO-Privacy-Officer-PIA-Personal-Information-Impact-Assessment-Articles-31-33 · Korea PIPA CPO + DPO + Privacy Officer + PIA + Personal Information Impact Assessment + Articles 31-33

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 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Privacy Officer?
Privacy Officer appears in the requirement text of Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, Privacy Act 2020, Privacy Programme Practices (non-statutory), South Korea PIPA, FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. 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 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 686 frameworks.

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