Data processing systems and methods for efficiently assessing the risk of privacy campaigns

A computer-implemented data processing method for efficiently assessing the risk associated with a privacy campaign, the method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more computer processors, a completed privacy template from a particular vendor, the completed privacy template comprising a plurality of question/answer pairings regarding a particular product or service provided by the vendor;
• in response to receiving the completed privacy template, automatically coordinating, by one or more computer processors, an audit of the completed privacy template;
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• after the audit is complete, facilitating the electronic transfer of the audited privacy template, via one or more computer networks, to a plurality of computer systems, each computer system being associated with a different entity, for use in the different entities' respective computerized assessments of at least one respective privacy campaign, to be executed by the respective entity, that includes the use of a product or service that is the subject of the completed privacy template.

A computer-implemented data processing method for providing templates having privacy audit results comprising:

• digitally storing a plurality of sets of digital data comprising audit results in an electronic repository, wherein:
• each of the plurality of sets of digital data relate to software provided by a vendor;
• the audit results comprise prompts and responses that relate to compliance with one or more assessment standards related to privacy, and wherein the prompts and responses have been audited for privacy compliance;
• displaying, in a graphical user interface, a plurality of visual representations, each visual representation corresponding to one of the plurality of sets of digital data comprising the audit results;
• receiving a selection by a customer indicating a desire to acquire rights to use one or more of the plurality of sets of digital data comprising the audit results;
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• in response to the customer selection, electronically making available for access to the customer one or more of the plurality of sets of digital data comprising the audit results.

A computer-implemented data processing method for selecting audit results of a template for use with privacy audits associated with a privacy campaign comprising:

• receiving a customer command to add a privacy campaign, the privacy campaign having associated with it a software application;
• receiving an electronic selection by a customer indicating a desire to associate with the privacy campaign a set of digital data comprising audit results, wherein:
• the audit results comprise prompts and responses that relate to compliance with one or more assessment standards related to privacy, and wherein the prompts and responses have been audited for privacy compliance;
• associating the set of digital data selected by the customer with the privacy campaign;
• digitally storing the set of digital data selected by the customer as an electronic record associated with the privacy campaign.