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PRI-19: Financial Incentives For Personal Data (PD)

PRI 3 — Low Protect

Mechanisms exist to strictly govern financial incentives offered to data subjects for Personal Data (PD) to ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Renumbered: Formerly PRI-01.10 in SCF 2025.4.

Code reused: In SCF 2025.4 and earlier, PRI-19 was Automated Decision-Making Technology (ADMT) For Data Subject Actions. That control is now PRI-36.1.

Control Question: Does the organization strictly govern financial incentives offered to data subjects for Personal Data (PD) to ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements?

US (2)
Framework Mapping Values
USA California CCPA 2025 7016(a) 7016(b) 7016(c) 7016(d) 7016(d)(1) 7016(d)(2) 7016(d)(3) 7016(d)(4) 7016(d)(5) 7016(d)(5)(A) 7016(d)(5)(B) 7027(k) 7081(a) 7081(a)(1) 7081(a)(2) 7081(a)(3) 7081(a)(4) 7081(a)(5) 7081(a)(6) 7081(a)(7) 7081(a)(8) 7081(b)
USA Montana CDPA 2025 30-14-2809(4)(a) 30-14-2809(4)(b)

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

Practices are non-existent, based on the inability to demonstrate an implemented and operational capability. A reasonable person would conclude the control is not being performed.

Level 1 — Performed Informally

SCR-CMM Level 1 criteria definitions are not available for this control: ▪ A reasonable person would conclude this control requires a structured process. ▪ At this level of maturity, the "ad hoc" nature of performing a capability informally would indicate the intent of the control is not met due to a lack of consistency and formality.

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

SCR-CMM Level 2 criteria definitions are not available for this control: ▪ A reasonable person would conclude a well-defined and standardized process is required. ▪ At this level of maturity, the “requirements-driven” nature of performing the control is focused on a localized and/or regionalized implementation, not uniform and consistent across the organization. ▪ Requirements are narrowly scoped for applicability and are primarily derived from compliance obligations (e.g., laws, regulations and contracts).

Level 3 — Well Defined

Privacy (PRI) capabilities are standardized across the entity for applicability to People, Processes, Technologies, Data and/or Facilities (PPTDF) to ensure consistency for Technology Assets, Applications, Services and/or Data (TAASD). Capability criteria associated with this control reasonably expect the following criteria to exist: ▪ Policies and standards associated with PRI domain capabilities are formally documented and centrally-managed by the entity's Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) team, or similar function. ▪ Standardized Operating Procedures (SOP) associated with PRI domain capabilities are well-documented and kept current by process owners. ▪ A data privacy team, or similar function, is appropriately staffed and supported to implement and maintain PRI domain capabilities. ▪ Technology is leveraged to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of data privacy operations (e.g., privacy notice management software and customer management solution). ▪ The entity's Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) team, or similar function, works with business stakeholders and process owners to appropriately scope and reasonably implement cybersecurity and data protection controls associated with PRI domain capabilities to address Minimum Compliance Requirements (MCR) (e.g., applicable statutory, regulatory and/or contractual requirements) and Discretionary Security Requirements (DSR) (e.g., entity-required controls). ▪ An implemented and operational capability exists to strictly govern financial incentives offered to data subjects for Personal Data (PD) to ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled

Utilize SCR-CMM Level 3 criteria definitions: ▪ There are no defined Level 4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to operationalize this control. ▪ While it may be possible to develop “metrics-driven” capabilities for this control, the criteria would be organization-specific to define.

Level 5 — Continuously Improving

Utilize SCR-CMM Level 3 or Level 4 (if available) criteria definitions: ▪ There are no defined Level 5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to operationalize this control. ▪ Level 5 capabilities should be considered “world-class” where the control builds on Level 4 capabilities, but are continuously improving through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Machine Learning (ML) technologies. ▪ While it may be possible to develop responsive capabilities for this control through the use of AI and/or ML technologies, the criteria would be organization-specific to define.

Assessment Objectives

  1. PRI-19_A01 any financial incentives offered to data subjects for Personal Data (PD) are reviewed by a Data Protection Officer (DPO), or similar role, to ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Technology Recommendations

Micro/Small

  • Document any financial incentives offered for personal data

Small

  • Policy disclosing financial incentives for personal data collection

Medium

  • Formal financial incentive disclosure policy
  • Privacy notice updates

Large

  • Enterprise financial incentive disclosure program
  • Legal review of incentive structures

Enterprise

  • Enterprise privacy compliance platform
  • Automated disclosure management
  • Legal and compliance review

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