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NIST PF ID.DE-P - Data Processing Ecosystem Risk Management

Manage ecosystem privacy risks through agreed processes, assessment of relevant parties, appropriate contracts, interoperability approaches and routine evaluation of their obligations.

HIGHProcess dutyData sharingTechnical standardIn forceApplies from 16 January 2020

Where this comes from

Provision: ID.DE-P - Data Processing Ecosystem Risk Management

Instrument: NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0

Citation: NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0 (16 January 2020), Core, ID.DE-P1 through ID.DE-P5

Text version: NIST Privacy Framework 1.0 Core, 16 January 2020 (not PF 1.1)

Checked against the source: 6 September 2026

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Who it applies to

It applies when all of these are true:

  • NIST PF 1.0 Target Profile adopted: YES
  • ID.DE-P: Which outcomes are selected in this project's Target Profile? is ID.DE-P1, ID.DE-P2, ID.DE-P3, ID.DE-P4 or ID.DE-P5

What engineering work it implies

Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:

  • Compliance-relevant events are logged automatically with timestamp, actor/subject, and event type
  • Logs are append-only / tamper-evident and retained for the required period
  • Logs are retrievable and filterable for a regulator request or incident review
  • Logs exclude unnecessary sensitive payloads (data minimization in logging)
  • A monitored action produces a complete log record

Questions people ask

Does NIST PF ID.DE-P - Data Processing Ecosystem Risk Management apply to my service?
It applies when NIST PF 1.0 Target Profile adopted: YES; ID.DE-P: Which outcomes are selected in this project's Target Profile? is ID.DE-P1, ID.DE-P2, ID.DE-P3, ID.DE-P4 or ID.DE-P5.
From when does this apply?
NIST PF ID.DE-P - Data Processing Ecosystem Risk Management applies from 16 January 2020. Its current status is: in force.

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