# Privacy Standards

> Privacy planning reference for data-flow reasoning, standards mapping, and DPIA thresholds

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-privacy-standards`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/tree/main/.github/skills/project-planning/privacy-standards

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-privacy-standards
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

## Privacy Standards Skill

This skill is the reusable privacy reference package for the Privacy Planner and Privacy Reviewer. It consolidates the privacy standards backbone, the core data-flow and classification heuristics, and the DPIA threshold logic needed to keep privacy reviews focused on workflow, evidence, and implementation readiness.

> [!NOTE]
> This skill is a planning aid, not legal advice. Its standards summaries support privacy reasoning and review preparation; they do not substitute for qualified legal counsel or a formal regulatory interpretation.

## Attribution and licensing posture

- NIST Privacy Framework and NISTIR 8062 are U.S. Government documents and are referenced here with attribution as public-domain reference material.
- GDPR and CCPA/CPRA content is paraphrased and attributed rather than quoted verbatim, consistent with the repository's open legal-text posture.
- OWASP privacy-risk material is used as a planning reference and is attributed to the OWASP project.

## Framework index

- [NIST Privacy Framework](references/nist-privacy-framework.md)
- [NISTIR 8062](references/nistir-8062.md)
- [GDPR overview](references/gdpr.md)
- [CCPA/CPRA overview](references/ccpa-cpra.md)
- [OWASP Top 10 Privacy Risks](references/owasp-top-10-privacy-risks.md)
- [DPIA threshold heuristics](references/dpia-thresholds.md)

## Privacy planning heuristics

- Start with a data inventory and map the personal data lifecycle: collection, transfer, storage, use, sharing, retention, and deletion.
- Separate the data categories from the processing purpose so the planner or reviewer can assess necessity, proportionality, and appropriate control selection.
- Identify whether the workflow involves sensitive data, automated decision-making, profiling, or cross-organization sharing, because these conditions often trigger a deeper review.
- Track the evidence trail for each privacy decision so the handoff can include the standards references, the supporting rationale, and the review context.

## Citation-field vocabulary

Use these fields when capturing a finding, control, or risk so the reviewer can assert a stable source-control reference:

- `gdpr_article`
- `ccpa_section`
- `nist_pf_category`
- `nistir8062_objective`
- `owasp_privacy_id`

## Phase-to-framework mapping

| Privacy phase         | Primary standards package                    | Notes                                                |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase 1 Capture       | NIST Privacy Framework + GDPR                | Context, scope, and legal basis framing              |
| Phase 2 Data Mapping  | NIST Privacy Framework + NISTIR 8062         | Data inventory, purpose, and minimization reasoning  |
| Phase 3 Risk and DPIA | GDPR + CCPA/CPRA + NISTIR 8062               | DPIA triggers, risk analysis, and proportionality    |
| Phase 4 Controls      | NIST Privacy Framework + OWASP Privacy Risks | Controls for collection, use, sharing, and retention |
| Phase 5 Impact        | GDPR + CCPA/CPRA + OWASP Privacy Risks       | Potential harm, mitigation, and monitoring           |
| Phase 6 Handoff       | All sources                                  | Evidence handoff, review notes, and action tracking  |

## Open-standards catalog

Use the links below as the reference catalog for open privacy standards and governance resources. Treat the material as planning and review guidance rather than a substitute for legal advice or formal regulatory interpretation.

- NIST Privacy Framework: https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework
- NISTIR 8062: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8062
- GDPR: https://gdpr-info.eu
- CCPA/CPRA: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
- OWASP Top 10 Privacy Risks: https://owasp.org/www-project-top-10-privacy-risks/

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** [microsoft/hve-core](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-microsoft-hve-core-privacy-standards
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