Data Sources

Data sources are set of information that can be used to populate the fields of Privacy-Now®.

The following is a list of the "data sources" used:

Data Source Name	Description
Access Applications	It contains the information about the (sw) applications used to access data
Access Connections	It contains the information about the connections (e.g. WAN, LAN) used to access data
Access Devices	It contains the information about the devices (e.g. PCs, tablets) used to access data
Access Request Types	It contains the information about the type of subject access request
Action Types	It contains the information about the type of action
Channels	It contains the possible communication channels (e.g. to communicate the results of a subject access request)
Consent Categories	It contains the categories of consents (e.g. consent to send commercial information)
Consent Sources	It contains possible sources of consents (e.g. website subscription)
Consent Subjects	It contains the person information (e.g. name, address) the consent refers to
Data Locations	It contains locations where data van be stored (e.g. a specific Data Center in a specific city)
Data Processing Purposes	It contains the possible purposes for data processing (e.g. customer satisfaction analysis)
Data Repositories	It contains the possible data repositories (e.g. a sql database)
Data Subjects	It contains the the possible categories of data subjects (e.g. employees, clients)
Data Types	It contains the the possible categories of data which are processed (e.g. identification data)
Processors/Controllers Entities	It contains the data processors and data controllers information (e.g. name, address, country, etc.)
Processors/Controllers Officers	It contains the data processors and data controllers referents information (e.g. name, mail, etc.)
Issue Types	It contains the types of issues (e.g. a non conformity or a generic issue)
Issue Types	It contains the types of issues (e.g. a non conformity or a generic issue)
Lawful Basis for Processing	It contains the list of the possible lawful basis justifying data processing
PIA Reference Periods	It contains the periods to which a processing impact assessment can refer to
Processing Activities	It contains the list of categorized processing activities
Provision Agreements	It contains the list of the type of provision agreements used for applications, connections, devices and repositories used to support the processing activities
Recipients	It contains the list of the recipients of personnel data in the scope of the processing activities (e.g. an internal department, external suppliers, etc.)
Relationships to Data Subject	It contains the list of the possible relationships between the representative of the data subject and the data subject (this relationship is used in the subject access requests)

Data sources content is initialized when the Privacy-Now® environment is provisioned. The contents can be modified directly in the records where the Data sources are used or via Settings by authorized users (see Users).