Auditing Privacy and Data Protection Risks - 3rd Edition

Auditing Privacy and Data Protection Risks - 3rd Edition

This Global Practice Guide focuses on the growing importance of privacy and data protection risk management in an increasingly complex digital environment. As organizations adopt technologies such as AI, IoT devices, and outsourced data-processing services, they face heightened privacy, cybersecurity, and regulatory risks.

The guide highlights the role of internal audit in providing independent assurance that privacy and data protection risks are effectively identified, assessed, and managed throughout the data lifecycle. It offers practical guidance on governance, risk assessment, engagement planning, control evaluation, and reporting.

In addition, the document provides a structured methodology, an overview of key privacy frameworks, and examples of audit procedures that can be adapted to different industries, technologies, and risk profiles. It updates and replaces the previous Auditing Privacy Risks guidance published in 2012 and is complemented by tools supporting privacy and data protection governance and control assessments.