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Privacy Program

What is Privacy Program?

An organized set of activities, policies, and resources dedicated to protecting personal data and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations across an organization.

Privacy and Data Protection

Terms that appear alongside privacy program

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

Frameworks that govern privacy program

GDPRView framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on privacy program

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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 55 controls

Privacy Program Plan. Develop and disseminate an organization-wide privacy program plan that provides an overview of the agency's privacy program, and: Includes a description of the structure of the privacy program and the resources

NIST800-PM-18 · Privacy Program Plan. Develop and disseminate an organization-wide privacy program plan that provides an overview of the agency's privacy program, and: Includes a description of the structure of the privacy program and the resources →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW5 controls

Appoint a senior agency official for privacy with the mission and resources to manage privacy.

PM-19 · Privacy Program Leadership Role →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE5 controls

Appoint a senior agency official for privacy with the mission and resources to manage privacy.

PM-19 · Privacy Program Leadership Role →
NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH5 controls

Appoint a senior agency official for privacy with the mission and resources to manage privacy.

PM-19 · Privacy Program Leadership Role →
AICPA Privacy Management Framework (PMF)3 controls

Organisation monitors compliance with its privacy policies, procedures, and commitments on an ongoing basis.

PMF-ME.1 · Privacy Program Monitoring →
NIST SP 800-161 Rev 13 controls

Names the leader accountable for privacy including the privacy risk carried by the supply chain.

161R1-PM-19 · Privacy Program Leadership Role →

Questions people ask about privacy program

What is Privacy Program?
An organized set of activities, policies, and resources dedicated to protecting personal data and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations across an organization.
Why is Privacy Program important for compliance?
Privacy Program is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding privacy program 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 Program?
Privacy Program appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE, NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH, AICPA Privacy Management Framework (PMF). Across these standards we have identified 26 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Privacy Program?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how privacy program 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.