PIA Program Development

Comprehensive program development to ensure that your Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA’s) are conducted proactively in a sustainable manner.

TRUSTe Privacy Risk Assessment Program (PIA Program Development)

A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) should be conducted whenever a company has a new product launch, global expansion, or merger and acquisition activity. According to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), PIAs, also known as Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), must be conducted when specific privacy risks occur to the rights and freedoms of data subjects.

Many companies are already conducting PIAs, but in an ad hoc way through emails, phone calls and spreadsheets. Creating a sustainable PIA program, training the team, putting it into action, and then maintaining it requires expertise and a structured approach and templates.

The TRUSTe Privacy Risk Assessment Program will help your team overcome these obstacles by helping you develop a sustainable program.

Our Proven, 4-Step Process

TRUSTe has an established assessment methodology based on two decades of experience delivering privacy services to thousands of clients around the world.

1: Define Roles and Responsibilities

TRUSTe will work with your organization to create the core elements of a Privacy Risk Assessment Program. The first step is defining the roles and responsibilities of the team members who will be involved in the process.

2: Create Process Workflow

Next, our team will help you develop a repeatable, scalable process workflow that incorporates best practices.

3: Create Assessment Content

The PIA Questionnaire is a tool designed for identifying, assessing, and mitigating privacy risks throughout the development lifecycle of a specific product, service, or system. These templates may focus on specific business units or specific corporate functions/processes (e.g., marketing, customer, human resources data) depending upon your organization’s needs.

4: Implement Pilot Program

The pilot program will allow your team to gain insights and perspectives that will inform the formal program launch. The goal of the Pilot is to create a blueprint for how the organization can implement the new program successfully on a much wider scale.