Tool Overview:
Arrka

About Arrka

Arrka is a privacy management platform designed to help organizations implement and maintain compliance with multiple data privacy laws and security standards. The platform automates routine privacy and security tasks while providing frameworks and methodologies for organizations to operationalize their privacy programs. Founded with the mission of making privacy compliance accessible to organizations of all sizes, Arrka focuses specifically on translating complex privacy requirements into actionable implementations.

What does Arrka do?

At its core, Arrka provides automation and frameworks for implementing privacy programs across an organization. The platform includes pre-built checklists, templates, and workflows for various privacy assessments and compliance requirements. These tools help organizations manage routine privacy tasks like handling data subject rights requests, maintaining documentation, and monitoring ongoing compliance activities. The platform integrates with legal counsel's work to operationalize privacy policies and procedures into actual business practices.

A key feature of Arrka's platform is its ability to handle 'simultaneous compliance' - allowing organizations to comply with multiple privacy laws and security standards concurrently without starting from scratch for each new requirement. The platform includes built-in mappings for various privacy laws and standards, which are regularly updated as regulations change. Through its Privacy Testing capabilities, Arrka also examines organizations' digital properties like websites, mobile apps, and APIs for privacy compliance issues.

What makes Arrka different?

Arrka distinguishes itself through its specialized focus on privacy implementation rather than just documentation or policy creation. The platform emphasizes turning written policies into operational reality through automation and structured frameworks. Its Privacy Implementation Framework (APIF) provides a foundation for organizations to implement privacy programs that can adapt to multiple laws and standards simultaneously.

The platform requires no server installation or deployment, operating as a cloud-based solution that consultants can use across multiple client entities. Arrka maintains separate specialized frameworks for different organizational contexts - including frameworks specifically designed for SMBs and software products. Through Arrka Lab, the company conducts privacy testing and research, publishing annual privacy studies focused on Indian mobile apps and websites.

Use cases and industries

Arrka serves organizations across various sectors, with particular focus on those dealing with complex privacy requirements like healthcare and technology companies. Common use cases include implementing new privacy programs from scratch, operationalizing existing privacy policies, and managing ongoing compliance with multiple privacy regulations like GDPR, India's DPDPA, and Singapore's PDPA.

The platform supports privacy consultants managing multiple client implementations, organizations scaling rapidly across jurisdictions with different privacy requirements, and companies needing to synchronize privacy operations with legal documentation. For healthcare organizations specifically, Arrka provides integrated compliance capabilities across various healthcare-related privacy laws, regulations, standards and mandates. The platform aims to help organizations manage privacy compliance without requiring extensive in-house privacy expertise or large implementation teams.