An organization is using new technologies that will target and process personal data of EU...

A privacy technologist needs to support a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) if data processing is a high risk to an individual's rights and freedoms. DPIAs are mandatory under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when new technologies are used in ways that may significantly affect the privacy of EU customers. This ensures that potential privacy risks are identified and mitigated before data processing begins. The IAPP’s CIPT resources emphasize the importance of DPIAs in managing high-risk data processing activities.