Accelerate DPIA Completion with Transcend

At a glance: Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA)

What is a DPIA?

Most modern privacy regulations require Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires DPIAs for processing activities that pose a high risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which encourages risk assessments for high-risk data processing, and global privacy laws such as Brazil’s LGPD and Canada’s PIPEDA.

When should I conduct one?

Creating a DPIA is often required for scenarios such as:

• Implementing new technologies that process personal data
• Launching AI-driven decision-making systems
• Collecting and analyzing large-scale sensitive data
• Transferring data internationally
• Conducting behavioral tracking or profiling

What should a DPIA include?

A well-structured DPIA includes:

• A description of the data processing activity
• The purpose and legal basis for processing
• An assessment of necessity and proportionality
• An evaluation of risks to individuals
• Measures that will be used to mitigate identified risks
• Stakeholder involvement and approvals

DPIAs help businesses evaluate risks and mitigate potential harm, but managing them efficiently can be challenging without the right tools. This is where Transcend Assessments comes in—simplifying and accelerating the process, so your teams get time back to focus on more strategic priorities.

Simplify DPIAs with Transcend

With Transcend, you get an out-of-the-box DPIA template that aligns with regulatory requirements—allowing your organization to get started quickly, without needing to build assessments from scratch. You can also customize the templates with risk-scoring frameworks, helping your privacy teams quantify risk levels and prioritize mitigation efforts effectively.

Collaboration is critical for successful DPIAs, and Transcend’s built-in tools – such as follow-up comments and task assignments – makes it easy to seamlessly engage with stakeholders. To make the review process faster and more efficient, all DPIAs can be distributed via email or shareable links.

Privacy leaders know that DPIAs and other privacy assessments, incldung TIAs, play a crucial role in monitoring known risks in your vendors and business systems used. Transcend links and displays assessment responses directly in your organization’s data inventory, providing a holistic view of privacy risks and enhancing compliance management.

Completing an assessment in Transcend in 3 easy steps

Completing an assessment in Transcend is easy! Just follow the steps below.

1. Create a new assessment: We recommend naming and describing the assessment based on the project or business need necessitating a DPIA. You can also use the assessment template pre-populated by Transcend, found in the dropdown list.
2. Assign the assessment: Invite respondents to complete either the entire assessment or just specific sections.
3. Review answers: Once respondents have completed their assigned questions, click into the assessment to comment on answers or the section as a whole. Once you’re done, you can mark the assessment as reviewed.