ISO 31700-1:2023 and ISO/TR 31700-2:2023 standards on consumer protection and Privacy by Design for consumer goods and services were issued in January 2023 by the International Standards Organization (ISO). Privacy by design is a data privacy method that emphasizes the importance of thinking about privacy from the beginning of any project or endeavor that involves the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information.

The term was coined in a 2010 report by the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner and has subsequently been approved by data privacy regulators worldwide.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will accept PbD as ISO 31700 in January 2023!

The core tenet of privacy by design is that privacy should be included into all areas of a project or endeavor rather than being added as an afterthought. This entails taking privacy into account at all stages of development, from planning and design through implementation and operation.

There are several approaches to implementing privacy by design, but some common components include:

• Incorporating privacy into decision-making processes;
• Integrating privacy into products and services from the start;
• Conducting risk assessments that take into account potential privacy consequences;

Personal information gathering and use should be kept to a minimum.

ISO establishes over 24,000 standards, including ISO 27001 for information security management systems, with some of which enterprises can be certified for compliance after being audited by auditing firms such as our Solution Partner Prox.

Privacy by Design, introduced in 2009, is a collection of principles that calls for privacy to be considered throughout an organization’s data management process.

Since then, the International Assembly of Privacy Commissioners and Data Protection Authorities has endorsed it, and it has been incorporated into the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Only firms that store data on European residents, however, are required to comply with the GDPR. The ISO organized a group in 2018 to begin planning for the inclusion of PbD in its standards.

Adoption by the ISO “gives life to operationalizing the concept of Privacy by Design,” according to Ann Cavoukian, by assisting companies in determining how to do so. The standard is intended to be used by a wide spectrum of businesses, including startups, international corporations, and organizations of all sizes. Because it is simple to implement, you can make this standard operate with any product. We hope that privacy would be actively included into the architecture of [an organization’s] activities, complementing data protection legislation.”

Privacy by architecture serves as a guideline for IT systems, accountable business processes, physical architecture, and networked infrastructure.

PbD has seven principles as written, including that privacy should be an organization’s default setting (no action is required by an individual to protect their privacy), that it is embedded in the design of IT systems and business practices, and that it is part of the entire data lifecycle.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) issued ISO 31700-1:2023 and ISO/TR 31700-2:2023 standards on consumer protection and PbD for consumer goods and services in January 2023. It includes general guidance on designing capabilities to enable consumers to enforce their privacy rights, assigning relevant roles and authorities, providing consumers with privacy information, conducting privacy risk assessments, establishing and documenting requirements for privacy controls, designing privacy controls, lifecycle data management, and preparing for and managing a data breach.