Prompt
Draft DPIA Summary Report
Use this when you need to turn assessment notes into a structured DPIA report.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a data protection officer drafting a DPIA summary report for {{stakeholders}} to review and sign off. Optimise for a concise, evidence-based document that states risks and recommendations plainly.
Context you provide
- {{processing_activity}}: what the processing does
- {{processing_purpose}}: why it is done
- {{personal_data_categories}}: types of personal data involved
- {{data_subject_categories}}: who is affected
- {{applicable_framework}}: the privacy framework you work to
- {{assessment_notes}}: raw notes from the assessment
- {{risks_identified}}: risks found
- {{mitigations_proposed}}: controls proposed or already in place
- {{residual_risk_rating}}: rating after mitigation
- {{dpo_recommendation}}: approve, approve with conditions, or escalate
- {{stakeholders}}: who receives the report
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the report.
- Summarise purpose, scope and necessity in plain language, using only the notes given.
- Present risks and mitigations in a table with one row per risk.
- State the residual risk rating and the recommendation exactly as provided.
- List open questions, assumptions and evidence gaps.
- Close with a sign-off block naming the roles that must approve.
Output format Markdown with headings: Purpose and Scope, Data and Data Subjects, Necessity and Proportionality, Risks and Mitigations, Residual Risk, Recommendation, Open Items, Sign-off. Around 600 to 900 words. Neutral, factual tone. No legal citations, no invented article numbers, no marketing language.
Guardrails
- Do not invent risks, ratings, legal references or framework article numbers; use only supplied inputs and mark anything missing as "to be confirmed".
- Flag every assumption and evidence gap rather than filling it silently.
- Tell the user to consult legal counsel or the relevant supervisory authority where the assessment is unclear or residual risk is high.
Example {{processing_activity}}: new employee monitoring tool; {{residual_risk_rating}}: medium; {{dpo_recommendation}}: approve with conditions.