ISO 27701 Privacy Information Management System Implementation

Overview

ISO/IEC 27701:2019 specifies requirements and provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) as an extension to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27002:2022. Published in August 2019, ISO 27701 is the first certifiable international standard for privacy management, providing a framework that maps to GDPR, LGPD, PIPA, APPI, and other data protection regulations. The standard transforms an existing Information Security Management System (ISMS) into a PIMS by adding privacy-specific requirements and controls applicable to PII controllers and PII processors.

Organizations such as Sentinel Compliance Group implement ISO 27701 to demonstrate accountability under Art. 5(2) GDPR, satisfy Art. 42 certification requirements, and provide contractual assurance to data subjects, customers, and supervisory authorities that privacy obligations are systematically managed.

Standard Structure

Clauses 5-8 Architecture