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ISO/IEC 27018 Public cloud privacy controls for PII processors

Use these guides to implement privacy controls for a public cloud service provider acting as a PII processor. Focus on customer instructions, controller versus processor boundaries, marketing restrictions, subprocessor transparency, legally binding disclosure requests, breach records, and deletion across production, backup, and business continuity environments.

The current ISO listing shows ISO/IEC 27018:2025 as the active edition. The practical control themes here are grounded in the ISO/IEC 27018:2019 control model and should be validated against the current edition before adoption.

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Sorena AI
Published
Mar 4, 2026
Updated
Mar 4, 2026
What this artifact helps you do
Define the processor boundary
Separate processor activity under customer instruction from cloud provider activity where you act as a controller, such as account administration data.
Turn privacy promises into controls
Convert privacy commitments into contract clauses, runbooks, logging rules, deletion procedures, and customer communications.
Build reusable customer evidence
Prepare disclosure logs, breach records, subprocessor notices, country lists, and independent assurance evidence that can be reused across reviews.
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Quick start
ISO 27018
Compliance playbook
Build operating procedures and evidence for a public cloud PII processor control set.
Privacy control checklist
Review purpose limitation, confidentiality, disclosure, breach, deletion, logging, and retention controls.
Contract requirements
Draft processor clauses for instructions, subprocessors, countries, notification, audit evidence, and termination handling.
ISO 27018 works when the service agreement, the operating model, and the evidence pack all say the same thing.
5
Guides
PII
Focused
Cloud
Processor
Audit
Ready
Processor controls
Subprocessor notices
Deletion evidence

Topic guides

Deep dive pages for implementation planning, controls, reporting, and evidence.

1
ISO 27018 Compliance (Public Cloud PII Processor Playbook)
A practical ISO/IEC 27018 compliance playbook for public cloud PII processors.
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2
ISO 27018 FAQ (Public Cloud PII Processor Controls)
Frequently asked questions about ISO/IEC 27018 for public cloud PII processors.
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3
ISO 27018 Privacy Control Checklist (Public Cloud PII Processor)
An ISO/IEC 27018 privacy control checklist for public cloud PII processors.
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4
ISO 27018 Vendor Contract Requirements (Processor Clauses and Evidence)
Processor contract requirements based on ISO/IEC 27018 and GDPR.
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5
ISO 27018 vs GDPR (Processor Controls and Evidence Mapping)
Compare ISO/IEC 27018 and GDPR for cloud processor operations.
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Next step

Turn ISO/IEC 27018 Public cloud privacy controls for PII processors into an operational assessment workflow

ISO/IEC 27018 Public cloud privacy controls for PII processors should be the shared entry point for your team. Route execution into Assessment Autopilot for live work and into SSOT when the artifact needs deeper research, evidence governance, or supporting analysis.

What this unlocks
  • Start from ISO/IEC 27018 Public cloud privacy controls for PII processors and route the work by entity, product, team, or control owner.
  • Use Assessment Autopilot to turn the guidance into owned tasks, evidence requests, and review checkpoints.
  • Use SSOT to keep documents, evidence, and control records in one governed system.
  • Move from artifact reading to accountable execution without rebuilding the guidance in separate files.
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Supporting route
Open SSOT
Keep documents, evidence, and control records in one governed system from the same artifact.
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