About the Data Privacy Management category
What belongs in this category
The Data Privacy Management category covers products that help organizations handle personal data as privacy laws require. Typical entries map where personal data is kept and processed, collect and honor people's choices about cookies, tracking and marketing, and handle requests to see or delete personal data (data subject requests). They also run privacy impact assessments, de-identify personal data so it can be used safely, and track duties under laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and US state privacy laws.
GDPR compliance products, which no longer have their own category, can enter here or Compliance Automation. Secure erasure products may choose this category or Data Security. Personal data used by AI systems fits AI Data Security and Governance, and rules for classification and retention fit Data Governance.
Related categories to enter
Each category is judged separately, so you can enter a product in every category that matches what it does, with a separate nomination for each. Tailor each nomination to that category's focus. Entering several related categories gives the product more than one chance to be recognized.
How entries are judged
An independent jury of security practitioners, analysts and CISOs scores each nomination on leadership, innovation and impact. Each nomination competes in its category against organizations of similar size and region, so a mid-sized firm is not ranked against a global enterprise. Your entry package, any sponsorship and public votes do not affect the jury's scores.
Strong entries in this category show:
- Leadership — the privacy programs the product supports: personal data sources mapped, requests handled, laws and regions covered, and customers in regulated or consumer-facing sectors.
- Innovation — a privacy problem solved in a new way, such as data maps that stay current without surveys, requests fulfilled across every system, or privacy checks built into product development.
- Impact — results for customers: time to fulfill requests cut, manual privacy work reduced, records of processing kept current, audit and regulator findings closed. Give figures from customers.
The jury awards Gold, Silver or Bronze, or a Finalist badge, and results are published on this site and announced to the 600,000+ member Cybersecurity Insiders community. Every approved nomination also enters the separate Community Choice award, decided by public votes.
How to enter
A vendor can enter its own product or service, and a PR agency can enter it on a client's behalf. The nomination form has a confidential field for detail that is shared with the judges and not published, such as customer names, deployment figures or roadmap. Deadlines, pricing and entry steps are on the How it Works page.
