Data Protection Impact Assessments, end to end.
From “do I even need one?” to a signed, defensible report — following the DEICA method, with risk scoring, mitigation tracking and reassessment built in.
Start with screening
First, whether a DPIA is even required.
A pre-DPIA screening records the determination — the quantitative thresholds, the qualitative high-risk factors, and any automated decision-making or profiling — so the decision to proceed, or not to, is itself documented and signed.
Quantitative thresholds
Scale of data subjects, including sensitive and financial data.
Qualitative factors
Tracking, systematic monitoring, vulnerable groups and other high-risk indicators.
Automated decisions
Profiling or automated decision-making, assessed under the ADMP guideline.
The DEICA workflow
Five structured stages, one audit trail.
Describe
Nature of processing, data categories, subjects, recipients, sub-processors, retention, security measures and a data-flow map.
Evaluate
Legal basis, consent validity, disclosure basis, cross-border (s.129), necessity and proportionality, and automated decision-making.
Identify
A 3×3 risk matrix across the PDPA principles and the potential harms to data subjects.
Consider
Mitigation measures with owner, degree, target date and residual risk — tracked to completion.
Assess
Overall residual risk, senior-management reporting, reassessment triggers, validity and sign-off.
Issue & retain
A watermarked preview becomes an official, signed copy — retained with its full record.
Connected to Praxis Frontier
When a DPIA crosses a border, it opens a TIA.
The Evaluate stage includes the cross-border step (s.129). Where a transfer is involved, Praxis DPIA hands off to Praxis Frontier for a full Transfer Impact Assessment — the transfer facts and evidence carry across, and the resulting finding returns to the DPIA record.
Defensible by design
Every DPIA carries its basis, its risk and its sign-off.
Praxis DPIA structures and evidences professional analysis. It does not provide legal advice, and it does not replace the review and approval of an appropriately qualified person.
PDPA Act 709 (2024 amendments)PDPC DPIA Guideline · DEICAADMP Guideline
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