
Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) Checklist

Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) identifies and minimise risks from data processing. Help you analyse, identify and minimise any data protection risks of a project.
This is part of your accountability obligations under the GDPR. DPIA should help guide you to determine whether or not the level of risk is acceptable and make sure it is minimised.
What kind of “risk”?There is no explicit definition of ‘risk’ in the GDPR.
Assessing the level of risk involves looking at both the likelihood and the severity of any potential harm and “risks to the rights and freedoms of natural persons”.
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Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
Description
What is the nature, scope, context and purpose of the data processing?
Understand and Document
Understand and document processing activities and identify risk.
Consultation
Consult individuals, and other relevant parties.
Data Protect Officer
Ask for advice
Necessity
Is data processing necessary? Proportioned to purpose. How will ensure compliance with data protection principles?
Objective Assessment
Likelihood or severity of risk to individuals.
Protection
What measures can be put in place to eliminate or reduce high risk.
Decisions
Document decision making process including difference opinions
Implementation
Implement the measures identified and integrated into project plan.
Review DPIA
Review and revisit when necessary.
Additional Information:
Justice and Consumers EU – Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and determining whether processing is “likely to result in a high risk” for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679
European Union Law – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive
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