Guide to Data Inventory and Mapping for GDPR & CCPA Compliance

Why Build a Data Inventory and Data Flow Maps

One of the most important steps to design and build a data privacy program is to create a data inventory of all of the business processes within an organization. If an organization does not know the type of data they collect and how it’s shared, processed and stored, or the data inflows and outflows, it is difficult to meet regulatory requirements, mitigate organization risks, and efficiently respond to data subject access requests.