Question

A privacy officer at a healthcare technology company has just completed a compliance gap assessment against a newly applicable data protection regulation. The assessment identified 47 gaps across multiple processing activities, ranging from missing retention schedules to inadequate legal bases for certain data flows. The remediation budget and staff are limited, and the regulation takes effect in six months. What should the privacy officer do FIRST to determine the sequence of remediation efforts?

Accepted Answer

Rank each gap by the level of privacy risk to individuals and the likelihood of regulatory enforcement it presents

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Remediate the gaps that are least expensive and quickest to close so the total gap count drops rapidly

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Address the gaps in the order they were discovered during the assessment to maintain traceability

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Assign all 47 gaps equal priority and distribute them evenly across the six-month timeline