Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

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A DPIA is a formal GDPR-required assessment when data processing poses high risk to individuals, evaluating necessity, proportionality, risks, and mitigations.

What this means in practice

For AI processing personal data, DPIAs are frequently mandatory. Failure to conduct one is a regulatory violation. In COMPEL, DPIAs are governance deliverables connecting to Module 3.4.

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Author:: FlowRidge Team
Publisher:: FlowRidge
First Published:: 2026
Work:: COMPEL AI Transformation Body of Knowledge

Academic (APA)

FlowRidge Team. (2026). Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) — COMPEL Glossary. COMPEL AI Transformation Body of Knowledge. FlowRidge. Retrieved from https://www.compelframework.org/articles/glossary/data-protection-impact-assessment-dpia/

BibTeX

@misc{compel-glossary/data-protection-impact-assessment-dpia-2026,
  author = {{FlowRidge Team}},
  title = {Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) — COMPEL Glossary},
  howpublished = {COMPEL AI Transformation Body of Knowledge},
  publisher = {FlowRidge},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.compelframework.org/articles/glossary/data-protection-impact-assessment-dpia/},
  note = {Governed by the COMPEL Framework License Agreement}
}

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FlowRidge Team. Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) — COMPEL Glossary. COMPEL AI Transformation Body of Knowledge. FlowRidge, 2026. https://www.compelframework.org/articles/glossary/data-protection-impact-assessment-dpia/

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