ISO/IEC 27701 – Personal Information Management System (PIMS)

Scope:
ISO/IEC 27701 is a management system standard that enables organizations to manage, process, and protect personal data in accordance with privacy principles. Built as an extension of ISO/IEC 27001, this system includes the creation of a personal data inventory, definition of data processing activities, risk assessment, management of data subject rights, and implementation of preventive controls against data breaches. Within this scope, processes related to the processing, storage, and transfer of personal data are brought under systematic control.

Benefits:
It enables the systematic and sustainable management of personal data protection processes. It reduces the risk of data breaches and increases trust among customers and employees. Compliance with international data protection standards provides a competitive advantage, particularly in global collaborations. At the same time, it builds organizational awareness and discipline regarding data privacy.

Regulations:
The system infrastructure established under ISO/IEC 27701 supports compliance with data protection regulations in Türkiye and the European Union. In Türkiye, key obligations include data processing, storage, and deletion requirements under the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK), the Regulation on the Registry of Data Controllers, and the Regulation on the Deletion, Destruction, or Anonymization of Personal Data. In the European Union, data privacy is comprehensively regulated primarily under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as the ePrivacy Directive.

Through the ISO/IEC 27701 framework, organizations manage personal data through structured inventories, control consent and transparency processes, record data processing activities, and implement technical and administrative safeguards against data breaches. This structure ensures systematic compliance with regulations such as KVKK and GDPR while establishing a sustainable and reliable data governance framework for audit processes.