Data Subject Category

Asset type Description

Data Subject Category

A classification of data subjects relevant to an organization. Can be used to categorize business-specific and regulation-specific categories.

Examples:

  • Employees
  • Customers
  • Suppliers

Data subject categories are important, as they can determine the need for compliance with a specific regulation. For example:

  • A data subject category that identifies employees would be exempt from CCPA until Jan 2021.
Note The Data Privacy custom asset pages require relations between the relevant:
  • Data Set and Data Subject Category assets.