Send a privacy assessment from an entity

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read send-privacy-assessmt-entity.md

Send a privacy assessment to an entity owner to determine if there's personal data involved in the processing activities.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_privacy.manager or sn_privacy.analyst

About this task

You can send a privacy screening assessment from an entity if you do not have a processing activity created for that entity. After a processing activity is created for an entity, any further assessments can only be sent through the processing activity.

Procedure

Navigate to All > Privacy Management > Privacy Workspace > Scoping > My entities.
Select and open the entity from which you want to send the assessments to the entity owner.
Select Initiate privacy assessments.

The Send privacy assessment dialog box opens.
Provide the required information such as the template to use, the due date, and so on in the dialog box.

The description of the assessment is automatically fetched from the description provided at the time of the assessment template configuration. You can modify the description as required.
Select Send.

New privacy assessment creation form
Use the fields on the new privacy assessment creation form to create a new privacy assessment.

Parent Topic:Initiating privacy assessments for an entity or a processing activity

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---
title: Send a privacy assessment from an entity
description: Send a privacy assessment to an entity owner to determine if there's personal data involved in the processing activities.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/governance-risk-compliance/privacy-workspace/send-privacy-assessmt-entity.html
release: brazil
product: Privacy Workspace
classification: privacy-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Initiating privacy assessments, Types of privacy assessments, Use, Privacy Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Send a privacy assessment from an entity

Send a privacy assessment to an entity owner to determine if there's personal data involved in the processing activities.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_privacy.manager or sn\_privacy.analyst

## About this task

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Privacy Management** &gt; **Privacy Workspace** &gt; **Scoping** &gt; **My entities**.

2. Select and open the entity from which you want to send the assessments to the entity owner.

3. Select **Initiate privacy assessments**.

The Send privacy assessment dialog box opens.

4. Provide the required information such as the template to use, the due date, and so on in the dialog box.

The description of the assessment is automatically fetched from the description provided at the time of the assessment template configuration. You can modify the description as required.

5. Select **Send**.

- **[New privacy assessment creation form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/governance-risk-compliance/privacy-workspace/new-privacy-assessment-creation-form.md)**
Use the fields on the new privacy assessment creation form to create a new privacy assessment.

**Parent Topic:**[Initiating privacy assessments for an entity or a processing activity](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/governance-risk-compliance/privacy-workspace/trigger-privacy-assessmt-on-entities.md)