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Fill in the data privacy kickstarter

Updated on 3 min Open in Cenedril

Goal Run through the data protection kickstarter and have it generate first draft entries for assets, the records of processing activities and data transfers.

The data protection kickstarter is a questionnaire under Data Privacy Assistant → Kickstarter that generates first drafts from your company structure. You select your departments, your core tools and the typical processing activities per functional area, and state whether you act as a data processor. At the end Cenedril turns this into draft entries for asset management, the records of processing activities and the data transfers, which you then review and complete in the assistant.

Start the kickstarter

Open the kickstarter

In the sidebar open the Data Privacy Assistant and select Kickstarter. The page shows the Data Protection Kickstarter title at the top, a progress bar, and the first page with notes on the flow.

The start page of the data protection kickstarter with the progress bar and the notes about the generated drafts.

Read the notes

On the start page Cenedril points out that every generated entry is a draft and must be reviewed. Skip Questionnaire takes you straight into the assistant without using the kickstarter.

Click Next to begin.

Capture organisation and tools

Select departments

On the Organizational Structure page you select the departments or functional areas that exist in your organisation. For each selected area you can optionally assign a primary responsible person.

Selecting departments with an optional primary responsible person.

Choose core tools

On the Core Tools & Platforms page you mark the major software platforms used across your organisation. This selection helps pre-fill the options on the following pages. Use Show All Tools to reveal more tools if one is missing.

Answer processing activities per area

Pages for the individual functional areas follow, such as finance, HR, marketing, sales, IT and others. On each page you state which activities take place there, which tools are used and which service providers are involved. Save Draft stores your progress at any time.

State processor role

On the Acting as a Data Processor page you indicate whether your company processes personal data on behalf of other companies, with your client acting as the controller. If yes, you add the categories of processing and the departments and tools involved.

The question of whether your company acts as a data processor, with the follow-up fields on “Yes”.

Generate the drafts

Review the summary

The last page, Summary & Confirmation, shows a preview under Items to be Generated: the total number of assets broken down into internal and external entries and tools, and the number of processing activities. A table lists the planned ROPA entries with their internal and external recipients.

The summary with the preview of the assets and the processing activities to be generated.

Generate the draft data

Click Generate Draft Data & Start Wizard. Cenedril creates the assets, generates the draft entries for the records of processing activities and the data transfers, and merges them with any information that already exists. The view then moves into the data privacy assistant.

Result: the kickstarter is complete. Asset management, the records of processing activities and the data transfers now hold first drafts, which you review, correct and complete page by page in the data privacy assistant.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to fill in the kickstarter?

No. The first page has a “Skip Questionnaire” button that takes you straight into the data privacy assistant. Without the kickstarter you set up the documentation manually. According to Cenedril, the kickstarter pre-fills roughly 80% of the data protection documentation.

Are the generated entries final?

No. All generated entries are drafts and must be reviewed and confirmed. Pay particular attention to the suggested data transfers (countries, safeguards, DPA links) before you accept them.

What happens if I run the kickstarter again later?

Running it again overwrites the previously generated fields based on your current selections. Entries you added manually are kept, because the draft is merged with the existing information.

Where do the pre-selected departments and tools come from?

If you completed ISMS Express earlier, the kickstarter carries over the departments, tools and service providers chosen there on first open and marks them as carried over. You can deselect any pre-selection.

Can I save partway through?

Yes. “Save Draft” stores the current state of the questionnaire as a draft so you can continue later. Only “Generate Draft Data & Start Wizard” creates the entries.