As part of a major data discovery initiative to identify personal data across the organization,...

Classifying sensitive unstructured data should be done first to address the situation of the proliferation of personal data held as unstructured data, as it helps to identify the types, locations, and owners of the data, and to apply the appropriate privacy controls and measures based on the data classification level. Classifying sensitive unstructured data also facilitates the data discovery, data minimization, data retention, and data disposal processes. References: 2 Domain 3, Task 2; 5 Page 9