Designed to assist organizations in adhering to privacy laws worldwide, ISO 27701 Certification of ISO/IEC 27701 is a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) standard.
ISO/IEC 27701 specifies the requirements and provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving a privacy information management system (PIMS). The standard covers how organizations should manage personally identifiable information (PII) and assists in demonstrating compliance with privacy regulations that may apply.
Personal identifiable information (PII) is information that reveals someone's identity, and are sensitive
ISO/IEC 27701 extends your security efforts to cover privacy management if you have already implemented ISO 27001, including processing of PII to demonstrate compliance with data protection regulations. The standard can be mapped into privacy and frameworks defined in ISO/IEC 29100, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 29151 and GDPR. The framework provides a model for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving an information security management system.