March 19, 2026

Vanta Delivers: Privacy automation

Written by

Christine Bacon

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A partnership that can scale
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What’s new

With Vanta’s new privacy automation capabilities, you can manage and streamline privacy inside the same system you use to run compliance. That means governance, controls, and data practices stay aligned.

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Here’s what’s new for privacy:

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ROPA management: Maintain structured, audit-ready records of processing activities directly within Vanta, so you can say goodbye to tabbing between tools at review time
Data inventory: Understand what sensitive data you collect, where it resides, and who has access—connected to your broader control environment for a clear, defensible view of how data flows across your business
DPIAs: Assess high-risk processing activities proactively, link them to relevant controls, and operationalize privacy risk before it becomes a regulatory or customer issue

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How it works

Privacy automation helps you manage personal data governance alongside your compliance program in one system:

Maintain an up-to-date record of processing activities (ROPA) in one system
Build and maintain a structured inventory of personal data across your business
Assess high-risk data processing activities through structured DPIAs
Connect privacy workflows directly to your broader compliance program

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How to try it

ROPA management, data inventory, and DPIAs are all generally available with Essential plans and above for anyone with a privacy framework (GDPR, USDP, ISO 27701, or ISO 27018).

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Want to try this feature for yourself? Request a demo. Or, if you’re already a Vanta customer, you can reach out to your account manager.

Access Review Stage	Content / Functionality
Across all stages	Easily create and save a new access review at a point in time View detailed audit evidence of historical access reviews
Setup access review procedures	Define a global access review procedure that stakeholders can follow, ensuring consistency and mitigation of human error in reviews Set your access review frequency (monthly, quarterly, etc.) and working period/deadlines
Consolidate account access data from systems	Integrate systems using dozens of pre-built integrations, or “connectors”. System account and HRIS data is pulled into Vanta. Upcoming integrations include Zoom and Intercom (account access), and Personio (HRIS) Upload access files from non-integrated systems View and select systems in-scope for the review
Review, approve, and deny user access	Select the appropriate systems reviewer and due date Get automatic notifications and reminders to systems reviewer of deadlines Automatic flagging of “risky” employee accounts that have been terminated or switched departments Intuitive interface to see all accounts with access, account accept/deny buttons, and notes section Track progress of individual systems access reviews and see accounts that need to be removed or have access modified Bulk sort, filter, and alter accounts based on account roles and employee title
Assign remediation tasks to system owners	Built-in remediation workflow for reviewers to request access changes and for admin to view and manage requests Optional task tracker integration to create tickets for any access changes and provide visibility to the status of tickets and remediation
Verify changes to access	Focused view of accounts flagged for access changes for easy tracking and management Automated evidence of remediation completion displayed for integrated systems Manual evidence of remediation can be uploaded for non-integrated systems
Report and re-evaluate results	Auditor can log into Vanta to see history of all completed access reviews Internals can see status of reviews in progress and also historical review detail