This document provides guidelines for organizational privacy risk management, extended from
ISO 31000:2018.
This document provides guidance to organizations for integrating risks related to the processing
of personally identifiable information (PII) as part of an organizational privacy risk management
programme. It distinguishes between the impact that processing PII can have on an individual with
consequences for organizations (e.g. reputational damage). It also provides guidance for incorporating
the following into the overall organizational risk assessment:
— organizational consequences of adverse privacy impacts on individuals; and
— organizational consequences of privacy events that damage the organization (e.g. by harming its
reputation) without causing any adverse privacy impacts to individuals.
This document assists in the implementation of a risk-based privacy program which can be integrated
in the overall risk management of the organization.
This document is applicable to all types and sizes of organizations processing PII or developing products
and services that can be used to process PII, including public and private companies, government
entities, and non-profit organizations.