What is Priva?
Microsoft Priva refers to a suite of cloud-based solutions designed to help organisations manage and protect personal data privacy. It offers a two-pronged approach:
- Priva privacy risk management: Provides tools to identify and assess privacy risks within your organisation’s data landscape.
- Priva Subject Rights Requests (SRRs): Streamlines the process of fulfilling data subject requests mandated by various privacy regulations.
Priva privacy risk management
This solution helps organisations:
- Gain visibility into data: Identify and map where personal data resides across your Microsoft 365 environment and potentially other data sources registered through Microsoft Purview.
- Assess privacy risks: Leverage built-in and customisable policies to analyse personal data for potential privacy risks.
- Prioritise remediation: Pinpoint areas requiring action based on the identified risks and data sensitivity.
Priva Subject Rights Requests (SRRs)
Priva SRRs help organisations:
- Manage data subject requests: Automate workflows for handling requests related to data access, rectification, deletion, and portability (as mandated by regulations like GDPR and CCPA).
- Reduce manual work: Streamline the process of identifying relevant data, facilitating reviews, and fulfilling requests efficiently.
- Enhance compliance: Demonstrate a commitment to data subject rights and simplify compliance efforts.
Benefits of Microsoft Priva
- Improved privacy posture: Proactive risk management helps organisations identify and address potential privacy issues before they escalate.
- Streamlined compliance: Priva simplifies the process of fulfilling data subject requests, aiding compliance with privacy regulations.
- Empowered employees: Employees can make more informed data-handling decisions with built-in guidance and training resources.
Who should use Microsoft Priva?
Priva is a valuable tool for any organisation that collects and processes personal data. This includes:
- Businesses subject to data privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA.
- Organisations with a strong focus on data privacy and user trust.
- Companies looking to automate data subject request workflows.
Important considerations
- Priva currently evaluates data only within your organisation’s Microsoft 365 environment. It doesn’t access personal data outside of this specific environment.
- For a comprehensive data privacy management solution, organisations may need to consider additional tools beyond Priva.
Microsoft recognises the importance of data privacy and offers various resources to help organisations meet their privacy obligations. Priva is just one example of their commitment to providing tools that empower responsible data handling practices.
