Add a related area to a privacy case

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title: Add a related area to a privacy case
description: Add the related areas that are related to a privacy case or event reported in the Privacy Case Management application.
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release: australia
product: Privacy Workspace
classification: privacy-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Use, Privacy Case Management, Privacy Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Add a related area to a privacy case

Add the related areas that are related to a privacy case or event reported in the Privacy Case Management application.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_privacy\_case.privacy\_case\_analyst

## About this task

You can specify the related areas, such as policies, citations, control objectives, and risk events related to the privacy case or event reported. A privacy administrator can also configure the options for the related areas in the application setup.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Privacy Management** > **Privacy Workspace**.

2.  Select the list \[Omitted image "ws-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon.

3.  Select **All Cases**.

4.  Open the case for which you want to add a related area.

5.  Select **New**.

6.  On the **Related area** form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_aqy_k2x_rvb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Case

</td><td>

Case for which you're adding the related areas. This field is automatically set to the case name.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Related area type

</td><td>

Type of the impacted area. For example, any related risk event. The choices are as follows:-   **Citation**
-   **Policy**
-   **Control objective**
-   **Risk event**


</td></tr><tr><td>

Related area

</td><td>

Areas that are related to the privacy case or event reported. This field is available only when a value is selected from **Related area type**. For example, **Employees education data loss**.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Title

</td><td>

Title of the related area.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Brief description of the related areas.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>7.  Select **Save**.


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