Data processing systems and communications systems and methods for integrating privacy compliance systems with software development and agile tools for privacy design

A computer-implemented data processing method for designing a particular version of a software application to comply with one or more privacy standards, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the one or more processors, an implementation date of the particular version of the software application and saving the implementation date in a memory;
• receiving, by a project management software executed by one or more processors, from data privacy compliance software that is distinct from the project management software, one or more recommended steps for use as part of the design of the particular version of the software application before the implementation date of the particular version of the software application;
• in response to receiving the one or more recommended steps, automatically, by the one or more computer processors executing the project management software, generating one or more tasks within the project management software, each of the one or more tasks being a respective task that, if completed, would advance a completion of the one or more recommended steps;
• inserting, by the project management software executed by the one or more processors, each of the one or more respective tasks as a respective step in a series of steps to be executed in the design of the particular version of the software application so that each of the one or more respective tasks is completed prior to the implementation date;
• determining, by the project management software executed by the one or more processors, that each of the one or more respective tasks has been completed;
• in response to determining that each of the one or more respective tasks has been completed, transmitting, by the project management software to the data privacy compliance software, a notification that the one or more respective tasks have been completed;
• receiving, by the data privacy compliance software, the notification that the one or more respective tasks have been completed;
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• in response to receiving the notification, generating, by the data privacy compliance software, a privacy impact assessment for the particular version of the software application that reflects a fact that the one or more respective tasks have been completed.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for generating a privacy impact assessment for a particular software application, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

• presenting, to a first set of one or more users, a plurality of questions of question/answer pairings regarding the particular software application;
• receiving, from the first set of the one or more users, respective answers of the plurality of question/answer pairings regarding the particular software application;
• generating an initial privacy impact assessment for the particular software application based on the respective answers, from the first set of one or more users, of the plurality of question/answer pairings;
• receiving, from a second set of one or more users, one or more recommended changes to the particular software application to comply with at least one privacy regulation, the one or more recommended changes being based, at least in part, on the plurality of question/answer pairings regarding the particular software application, wherein the one or more recommended changes are implemented based on a generation of at least one task that is initiated, by data privacy compliance software, for managing changes to the particular software application;
• after receiving the one or more recommended changes, applying the one or more recommended changes to the particular software application;
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• generating an updated privacy impact assessment for the particular software application that reflects a fact that the one or more recommended changes have been applied to the particular software application.