- A business process diagram is a high level description of the information flows associated with a given activity. It should identify the major components of the business process and how personal information is collected, how it circulates within the organization, how it is used, how it is disclosed and retained and how it is disseminated beyond the organization.
- These diagrams may need to include systems and infrastructure architectures that typically
illustrates any physical or logical separation of personal information. They
should also show any security mechanisms that prevent improper access to personal information or maintain any required separation.
The OPC has noted that information security infrastructures associated with projects are not often adequately described in the PIAs that they've received. Make sure to provide a clear description of the security infrastructures in this
section.
- There are many ways to create flowcharts and your choice will depend in part on the nature of the proposed project.
If you create a flowchart, use a software application that you're familiar with and copy the flowchart directly into your Word document. A good example is Visio.
Make sure to include some narrative text explaining the flowchart.
Data Flow Analysis - Introduction
Data Flow Analysis - Data Flow Table(s)
Introduction