Automate privacy compliance at scale by using the Exterro Data Risk Management Platform to find, analyze, and protect personal data across your entire ecosystem.
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Privacy teams are expected to manage DSARs, maintain accurate RoPAs, conduct DPIAs, track consent, and prove compliance with an ever-growing list of global regulations. Doing all of this consistently and having regulator-ready evidence when asked has become one of the most complex and time-consuming challenges in privacy compliance.
Establish, monitor, and maintain a defensible privacy and data governance program to effectively minimize data risk.
The Exterro Data Governance Suite offers privacy professionals the ability to manage all their privacy compliance needs in a single platform powered by deep data insight, workflow automation, and AI agents engineered to keep you in control.
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Answers to frequently asked questions relating to Exterro and how we help privacy professionals.
A Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) is a formal request submitted by an individual (the data subject) to an organization, asking for access to the personal data the organization has collected about them. Under major privacy frameworks like the GDPR and CCPA, individuals have the legally protected right to know exactly what personal data is being held, why it is being processed, and who it is being shared with.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organizations must fulfill a DSAR without undue delay, and legally within one month of receiving the request. The fulfillment process requires organizations to authenticate the identity of the requestor, locate all associated personal data across their IT infrastructure, redact any third-party personal data, and deliver a comprehensive copy of the records in a secure, commonly used electronic format. This information must typically be provided free of charge.
Exterro automates the end-to-end DSAR workflow, transforming a highly manual, multi-departmental burden into an efficient process. From secure request intake and identity verification to automated data discovery, smart redaction, and secure delivery, Exterro integrates directly into an organization’s IT infrastructure. This significantly reduces the time and manual effort required to locate and compile personal data, ensuring privacy teams meet strict regulatory deadlines with confidence.
A Record of Processing Activities (RoPA) is a comprehensive, continuously updated inventory of an organization's data processing operations. Mandated by Article 30 of the GDPR, a RoPA must document the types of personal data being processed, the specific purposes for processing, data retention periods, categories of data subjects, and any third parties with whom the data is shared. A highly accurate RoPA is the foundational element of a mature privacy program.
Manual data mapping relies on surveys and interviews, which quickly become outdated in modern, dynamic IT environments. Automated data discovery actively scans an organization’s structured and unstructured data sources to identify where personal data actually resides. This ensures that a RoPA reflects real-time data realities rather than theoretical policies, closing the gap between compliance documentation and actual processing activities.
A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is a formal risk assessment process designed to identify and minimize the data protection risks associated with a specific project. Under the GDPR, a DPIA is legally required whenever a new data processing activity is "likely to result in a high risk" to the rights and freedoms of individuals. Common triggers include processing highly sensitive data on a large scale, systemic automated profiling, or implementing new tracking technologies.
Core data privacy regulations mandate the principle of "storage limitation"—meaning personal data should only be kept for as long as is strictly necessary for its stated purpose. Defensible data retention management ensures organizations securely and systematically dispose of data when it reaches the end of its lifecycle. This minimizes the attack surface for data breaches, reduces digital debris, and significantly lowers the cost and effort required to fulfill DSARs and eDiscovery requests.
Non-compliance with data privacy laws results in severe financial penalties, operational disruption, and long-term reputational damage. For instance, GDPR violations can trigger fines of up to €20 million or 4% of a company's global annual revenue, whichever is higher. Beyond regulatory fines, failing to secure consumer privacy can lead to a loss of customer trust, decreased market share, and expensive class-action litigation.
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