Example deliverable
What this gives the business
Privacy Impact Assessment Sample
Fictional example shown for illustration only.
Service
Privacy Impact Assessment
Work out whether a project creates privacy risk before launch, with clear decisions, mitigations, and evidence the business can stand behind.
Usually starts in Assurance
The pressure
A new project or change to data handling is moving ahead and privacy risk is being discovered too late.
You get a structured privacy impact assessment that surfaces the material risks, required controls, and decisions before the change hardens.
When a new project changes how personal information is collected, used, or shared, the risk is not just legal. It can slow delivery, create customer trust issues, and force rework after launch. A privacy impact assessment helps the business surface those issues early enough to do something useful about them.
Good Security reviews the proposal, tests it against privacy obligations and real operating risk, and leaves you with a written assessment, practical mitigations, and a decision record the project team can work from.
What you leave with
What you walk away with.
These are the deliverables and working records the team should be able to use once the work is complete.
Privacy Impact Assessment Report
Detailed assessment documenting the project scope, personal information flows, identified privacy risks, impact ratings, and recommended controls.
Risk Treatment Recommendations
Specific, practical recommendations for each identified risk, including control options, implementation guidance, and residual risk assessment.
Privacy-by-Design Guidance
Proactive recommendations for embedding privacy controls into the project design rather than retrofitting them after implementation.
Compliance Mapping
Mapping of project activities to relevant Information Privacy Principles, identifying applicable obligations and demonstrating compliance approach.
What that looks like in practice
The PIA output sets out the project context, the personal information involved, the risk areas, the required mitigations, and the decisions leadership or the project team must make before proceeding.
Sample output
Privacy Impact Assessment Sample
Fictional example shown for illustration only.
What should be easier after this lands
What should be easier after this.
These are the outcomes owners, managers, or leaders should notice after the deliverable starts being used.
- Project privacy risk is visible before go-live instead of being discovered after complaints or change requests.
- Mitigations are agreed with enough time to influence delivery, not just document concern.
- The business has a written record of the privacy decisions it made and why.
- Teams know what must change before the project can safely move forward.
What this service is designed to do
- privacy impact assessment
- decision-ready privacy review
- risk and control recommendations
How the work moves
How the work gets done.
You should know what happens first, what gets reviewed, and what lands with the business at the end.
1
Define the project and data context
We confirm what is changing, which personal information is involved, and where the highest sensitivity sits.
2
Assess the privacy impact
Good Security reviews the design against privacy obligations, practical risk, and customer trust considerations.
3
Agree the mitigations
The assessment turns into concrete changes, decisions, and owners rather than a generic warning list.
4
Deliver the PIA record
You receive the written assessment and a walkthrough of what must happen before launch or approval.
FAQ
Common questions.
These answers are here to make the next decision easier, not to hide the real scope.
When does Privacy Impact Assessment make sense? +
A new project or change to data handling is moving ahead and privacy risk is being discovered too late. Use this when a new data use, system, or process needs privacy review before go-live or procurement sign-off.
What changes after Privacy Impact Assessment is delivered? +
You get a structured privacy impact assessment that surfaces the material risks, required controls, and decisions before the change hardens.
What often comes next
What usually comes next.
These services are often paired with this engagement when the business needs a broader operating model, more evidence, or stronger follow-through.
Asset, Data & Access Management
Personal Data Inventory
Map where personal information enters the business, where it goes, and who is responsible before privacy obligations or customer questions catch you out.
Risk & Vendor Management
Privacy Breach Readiness Report
Get the business ready to respond to a privacy breach with a practical plan, decision guide, and rehearsal before the real call comes in.
Need to turn this into a practical next step?
We will help you decide whether this is the right engagement, what the business should expect to receive, and where it fits in the wider programme.