Uses of a processing activity in Privacy Management

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • A processing activity is a record that processes personal data. Examples of such records are a business process or a business application of an organization. Processing activities enable the privacy management teams to understand how personal information is being processed or used.

    To understand more details about a processing activity, refer to Processing activities. A processing activity helps the privacy teams to record the following details:
    • Processing activity details such as the business unit it belongs to, data subject type, data storage location, and so on.
    • [PI] Information objects that are being processed as a part of this processing activity.
    • Past and ongoing privacy assessments.
    • Controls that are applied to the processing activity and the respective control attestation responses.
    • Issues and policy exceptions associated with this processing activity.
    The following image shows the Overview tab of a processing activity.
    Figure 1. Processing activity record
    A processing activity record.