LIA: Legitimate Interest Assessment

Master LIAs with effortless precision

Determining whether ‘Legitimate Interest’ is a valid legal basis for processing personal data can be a complex task for organizations. Conducting a thorough Legitimate Interest Assessment (LIA), also known as a Balancing Test, is essential to ensure compliance with data protection regulations. With RESPONSUM, you can easily carry out your LIA, streamlining the process and ensuring that your organization’s data processing activities are lawful and compliant.

Simplify and speed up your LIAs

Kalle Numelin - Group DPO & Legal Counsel, Fintraffic

“After a year of use, RESPONSUM feels like a once-a-week part-time law student doing the administrative work for our privacy team.”

Automatically generate risks

Whenever you complete a Legitimate Interest Assessment, RESPONSUM will automatically generate risks associated to that LIA, which you can further manage in our Risk Management module.

Linked to your RoPA

Whenever you select ‘Legitimate Interest’ as a legal basis in your ROPA, a LIA will be triggered automatically, so you’re sure you have covered all your bases in case of an audit.

Get the right information from the business

Enhance communication with other departments by immediately reaching out to colleagues through our built-in communication / task delegation features.

Automated balance score

RESPONSUM will immediately calculate the results of your balancing test, so you can take appropriate actions.

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What is Legitimate Interest?

According to the GDPR, legitimate interest is one of six legal bases you can use to process personal data. When personal data is being processed based on legitimate interest, you should perform a legitimate interest assessment – also known as LIA. This is a kind of risk assessment that determines if it is a proper legal basis for processing.

Legitimate interest defers from the other bases because it does not have a particular purpose and it’s not based on consent. It is an easy go-to base when the others do not fit. To avoid misuse or fines, an LIA is recommended to help affirm that legitimate interest is a proper base.

When a LIA is conducted, you demonstrate that you have done your research in confirming the legitimacy of your processing. It proves that you are compliant and it helps you to align with the accountability principle.

Challenges of a LIA

Specific purpose

When using legitimate interest as a lawful base, you need to be specific about the purpose of processing, avoiding being vague and unclear. The processing must be necessary for that purpose.

Past actions documentation

In order to be compliant and meet the accountability requirement in GDPR, organizations are required to document their past assessments and actions – not an easy feat in a spreadsheet.

Receiving information in time

Often, the biggest time-consumer is receiving information from colleagues. Everyone is busy, and it’s up to the privacy team to properly follow up on their requests.

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