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# Submit a privacy assessment request

# Submit a privacy assessment request {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated May 19, 2026  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Submit a privacy assessment request for yourself or on behalf of another user to seek services from the legal department.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn_lg_ops.legal_user

## About this task

If you have the Legal Virtual Agent Conversations application installed on your instance, you can submit a privacy assessment request through the Virtual Agent chat. For more information, see [Legal Virtual Agent Conversations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/yQsAdI9GmO2BUnYtbgprSA "The ServiceNow Legal Virtual Agent Conversations application provides predefined conversation topics to enable automated chats with employees seeking legal services. You can build new topics or customize predefined topics to handle common legal requests from employees or guide them through self-service tasks.").

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllEmployee Center.  
   Note:  
   If you're using Legal Service Portal, you can submit a legal request by navigating to the Legal Service Portal and selecting a request from the Service Catalog.
2. Navigate to Help centerLegal services.
3. Select Privacy and Data category.
4. Select Privacy Assessment.
5. On the Privacy Assessment form, provide a description of the project or initiative for which you need the privacy assessment and the project sponsor.
6. Indicate whether personal data is involved in the Is personal data involved? field.
7. If you have selected Yes to indicate that personal data is involved, fill in the details for additional fields as following.
8. Select Submit.

## Result

* A privacy assessment request is created in the New state.

* The request is assigned to a group or user in the legal department based on the assignment rule set in the associated practice area. For more information, see [Assignment rule to automatically assign legal requests or matters](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/TrxsCTELufDiQv1WHBhL7g "Create an assignment rule for an intake form to assign the associated legal request or matter to a user or group.").
* If the administrator has configured notifications, you receive notifications about the progress of the request.
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**Related tasks**   

* [Update a privacy assessment request](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/oM_YG_IPLFiHM8SkScnczA "Update request details, add comments, or upload documents in a privacy assessment request you submitted while it is still in the New or Assigned state.")
* [Assign a privacy assessment request](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/oHpw1uUb0_aH3HXIneMOMQ "Assign a legal privacy assessment request to yourself or to someone in your assignment group.")
* [Cancel a privacy assessment request](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/2kOcw_LAQyLHk9wWkvCOWQ "Cancel a privacy assessment request if it is no longer necessary.")

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