A complete ISO 27701 programme extending your ISO 27001 ISMS with a certified Privacy Information Management System, demonstrating verifiable compliance with GDPR, India's DPDP Act, and global privacy regulations.
ISO 27701 maps directly to GDPR Articles and is increasingly accepted by India's Data Protection Board as evidence of strong DPDP Act compliance. Rather than separate GDPR and DPDP programmes, ISO 27701 certification gives you a single audit-ready privacy framework recognised across jurisdictions. We extend your existing ISMS or build from scratch alongside ISO 27001, delivering a certified PIMS and full privacy documentation suite.
Assess PII controller controls per Annex B: consent, transparency, data subject rights, and lawful basis.
Assess PII processor controls per Annex C: DPAs, sub-processor management, and processing instructions.
Map controls to GDPR Articles and DPDP Act obligations per Annex D; demonstrate dual-regulatory equivalency.
Gap-assess against ISO 27701 PII controller and processor controls; produce risk-ranked remediation priorities and certification timeline.
Define PIMS scope per Clause 4; identify PII processing activities, map data flows across systems and jurisdictions.
Map applicable privacy laws (GDPR, DPDP, CCPA, sector-specific) to ISO 27701 controls; ensure comprehensive regulatory coverage.
Build privacy notices, DPAs, consent mechanisms, retention schedules, DPIA templates, and Data Principal rights workflows.
Conduct DPIAs for high-risk processing per GDPR Article 35 and ISO 27701 Annex controls; assess privacy impact.
Deploy granular, revocable consent mechanisms compliant with GDPR and DPDP Act; include preference centres and consent audit trails.
Implement response workflows for all data subject and Data Principal rights: access, rectification, erasure, portability, restriction, objection within statutory timelines.
Integrate privacy controls into your ISO 27001 ISMS per Clause 5.1; extend the management system to cover PII processing and privacy obligations.
Deliver role-based privacy training covering GDPR, DPDP Act, and ISO 27701 obligations per Annex B/C requirements.
Pre-certification readiness review and live support through ISO 27701 audit, standalone or combined with ISO 27001 renewal.
Periodically review privacy controls, consent records, DPIA triggers, and regulatory developments across GDPR and DPDP Act.
Prepare for annual surveillance audits with updated privacy documentation, evidence packages, and remediation of prior non-conformities.
Maintain consent records, DPAs, and sub-processor registers as new processing activities or vendor changes arise.
Track privacy regulatory changes across GDPR, DPDP Act, and other applicable laws; keep PIMS controls current and compliant.
Drive continual PIMS improvement per Clause 10: corrective actions, incident lessons, and emerging privacy best practices.
Cloud platforms and SaaS companies processing customer personal data need to demonstrate privacy assurance. ISO 27701 is becoming a contractual requirement in enterprise DPAs.
Organisations processing Indian citizens' data seeking to demonstrate DPDP Act compliance. ISO 27701's PIMS controls directly address Data Fiduciary obligations.
Sectors handling sensitive personal data under multiple privacy regimes benefit from ISO 27701's unified framework covering GDPR, DPDP, and sector-specific regulations simultaneously.
A structured six-phase process from initial privacy gap assessment through to ongoing certification maintenance and continual improvement.
Current-state review against ISO 27701 PII controller and processor controls, with gap report and risk-ranked remediation priorities for certification readiness.
Develop privacy notices, DPAs, consent mechanisms, retention schedules, DPIA programme, and Data Principal rights response workflows.
Integrate privacy controls into existing ISMS (if ISO 27001 certified) or build standalone, with systematic evidence collection for each control.
Conduct internal audit of PIMS controls and facilitate management review to confirm privacy management effectiveness before the certification body audit.
Support accredited ISO 27701 certification audit, standalone or combined with ISO 27001 renewal, resolving any non-conformities identified.
Ongoing privacy compliance monitoring, surveillance audit preparation, regulatory change tracking, and continual PIMS improvement across jurisdictions.