ISO/IEC 27701:2019 is the international standard for Privacy Information Management Systems (PIMS). It extends ISO 27001 and ISO 27002 with privacy-specific requirements and guidance for both PII Controllers (equivalent to GDPR Data Controllers) and PII Processors (equivalent to GDPR Data Processors). It is the only certifiable international privacy standard, providing objective, third-party evidence of privacy governance capability.

ISO 27701 is highly practical for Indian organisations with both GDPR and DPDP Act obligations — it maps directly to GDPR Articles and provides a structured implementation path. Organisations already certified to ISO 27001 can extend their existing ISMS to include PIMS with significantly reduced effort, since ISO 27701 reuses the same management system clauses, risk methodology, and documentation structure.

🔒 Combined Cert Advantage: ISO 27701 adds approximately 30–40% effort on top of ISO 27001 — but the combined ISO 27001 + ISO 27701 certification is increasingly recognised by EU clients as strong GDPR compliance evidence and by Indian regulators as DPDP Act readiness.