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ISO 27701 compliance
Privacy Information Management System
Companies already certified to ISO 27001 that want a certifiable privacy posture on top of it.
The context
What it actually asks of you
ISO 27701 extends an existing ISO 27001 management system to cover privacy, producing a Privacy Information Management System that can be certified alongside your ISMS. It cannot stand alone, the 27001 certification is a prerequisite.
Its practical value is commercial. It gives you an independently certified answer to privacy questions in enterprise procurement, which is otherwise a matter of your own assertions, and Annex D maps its controls to GDPR articles so the same evidence supports both conversations.
The timing argument matters more than the standard itself: done as an extension during a 27001 programme it adds a few weeks. Done eighteen months later as a separate project, it costs several times as much for the same certificate.
The common mistake
What teams get wrong.
It is an extension, not a standalone standard. You cannot certify to it without ISO 27001. Done alongside a 27001 programme it costs a fraction of doing it later.
Our scope
What we do for ISO 27701.
- 01PIMS scope extension over your existing ISMS
- 02Controller and processor control mapping (Annexes A and B)
- 03GDPR Article mapping for demonstrable accountability
- 04Privacy risk assessment integrated with your risk register
- 05Internal audit and certification support
innsecs provides security and compliance services, not legal advice, and we are not a law firm. We build the technical and organisational measures, evidence and processes these obligations require, and work alongside your counsel on legal interpretation.
Questions
ISO 27701 FAQ
No, and no certification can make you GDPR compliant. That is a legal state, not a certifiable one. What 27701 gives you is a structured, audited privacy management system that makes demonstrating accountability considerably easier.
Only if buyers are asking. It is a commercial instrument. If your enterprise deals stall on privacy assurance, it helps; if nobody has raised it, spend the money on the underlying privacy work instead.
Find out whether ISO 27701 binds you.
Bring your product, your users and your markets. We will tell you what applies, what does not, and what it takes to close the gap.
No sales sequence. A scoping call and a written proposal cost nothing.