In light of Data Privacy initiatives worldwide, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation Act (GDPR), PeopleSoft HCM has delivered updates that will help customers address some of these regulations. Oracle has published an assessment of Personal and Sensitive Data as identified within PeopleSoft HCM, which is available through My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2313438.1). PeopleSoft has also provided additional data privacy capabilities by introducing an Applicant delete feature as well enhancing the existing Person Delete Process delivered in Image 25.  HCM Update Image 25 on the PeopleSoft Video Channel. PeopleSoft posted on March 23, 2018 a PeopleSoft Release Patch (PRP) that allows for employee consent for capturing employee data and another PRP that allows organizations to mask specific Personally Identifiable Information (PII) stored in PeopleSoft.  Bug ID 27619176 and Bug ID 27651377. An earlier published White Paper on Data Privacy explains how existing tools and technology help to secure your PeopleSoft applications.  This document will be further updated to include more features, such as Data Archive Manager. More data privacy enhancements are on our roadmap which can be found on our PeopleSoft Planned Features and Enhancements on www.peoplesoftinfo.com or directly on  My Oracle Support (Doc ID 1966243.2) IMPORTANT NOTE - The GDPR regulates the “processing” of data for EU individuals, which includes collection, storage, transfer, or use. Any organization that processes personal data of EU individuals is within the scope of the law, regardless of whether the organization has a physical presence in the EU   https://www.eugdpr.org/ - GDPR website Understanding_the_Personal_and_Senstive_Data_Spreadsheet