Data Mapping Automation - August 7, 2026 - 202608.1.0 (Summer Release)

General Availability

Custom Notifications for Assessment Templates

Send customized, trigger-based automated email messages from a new global Notifications tab on the Assessment templates screen. This enhancement speeds up assessment completion, reduces support requirements, and provides users with more relevant information in the assessment.

For more information, see Configuring Custom Email Notifications on Assessment Templates. This feature is related to the following ideas: OT-I-949, OT-I-1270, OT-I-3522, OT-I-7945, and OT-I-16348.

Configuring Approver-only Assessment Sections

Configure approver-only sections on assessments automatically using template rules or inventory-based values. These enhancements mean users can launch assessments with approver-only sections directly from the self-service portal.

For more information, see Configuring Approver-only Assessment Sections. This feature is related to the following ideas: AA-I-293 and AA-I-302.

Leveraging AI Auto-responses for Assessments

Opt out of automatically scanning your three most recent assessments, plus add more files, more file types, and bigger files to your uploads. These enhancements improve the performance and accuracy of the AI Doc Scanner.

For more information, see Leveraging AI Auto-responses for Assessments.

Table Enhancements for Data Mapping Automation

Tables and table functionalities on the Policies tab of the Inventory details screen have been upgraded to improve usability, accessibility, and customization, including resizable columns, more records per view, clearer row actions, and more. These updates are designed to provide a consistent and improved user experience, helping users work more efficiently with data and tailor their experience to their specific needs.

Note:

Select tables across Data Mapping Automation may support these enhancements while others may not. These updates will continue to roll out incrementally so availability may vary.

For more information, see Table Enhancements Across the OneTrust Platform and Table Enhancements User Guide.

Fixed

  • Resolved an issue that prevented users from launching assessments for inventory records when a data transfer relationship included a context processing activity.

  • Resolved an issue that caused saved views on the Third parties screen to display in a random order, instead of numerical or alphabetical order.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented updated column configurations on the Third parties screen from being saved.

  • Resolved an issue that caused renaming a URL-type document in a project’s Documents tab to update a different document.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented IT & Security Risk Management assessment templates from appearing as options when configuring stage rules in a project workflow.

    addendum: This release note was added on August 14, 2026.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented assessments from launching for all selected records when selections were made across multiple pages on the Assets screen.

    addendum: This release note was added on August 14, 2026.

New Public Preview Features

Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Phase 1

Introducing Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), a new access-control model that brings record-level access management to the OneTrust Platform as part of ABAC Phase 1: Foundations. ABAC complements the platform's existing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) model by using assignments through sharing, attributes, or workflows to determine which records users can access and what permissions they have on those records. This feature introduces assignment-based permissions, sharing and access management, and record-level auditing, helping organizations implement least-privileged access, improve governance, and simplify collaboration across teams and workflows.

For more information, see Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Phase 1: Foundations in the Settings & Administration release notes. This feature is related to the following ideas: PLTI-I-638 and GCIA-I-918.

Note:

ABAC is being introduced through a phased rollout that begins with ABAC Phase 1: Foundations, available in Public Preview as part of OneTrust 202608.1.0 for supported objects across Privacy Automation.

For more information, see Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) User Guide and Managing Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for Privacy Automation.

Restore Deleted Inventory Records

Restore deleted inventory items directly with the Inventory Restore Feature. Users can restore a single record or multiple records at once with bulk restore. When a record is recovered, the inventory item and supported associated data are also restored. This enhancement reduces the need for manual support intervention and helps teams recover records faster.

For more information, see Restoring Deleted Inventory Records.

Existing Public Preview Features

Enhanced Data Graph Visualizations

View relationships between projects, data sets, and models in the data graph in addition to inventory records. This enhancement provides a clear visualization of how objects relate to each other and to inventory records throughout your data map.

For more information, see Creating and Managing Contextual Relationships.

Inventory Review

|Available with Solution Packaging Only

Gain essential visibility into the flow of newly added and updated inventory records so you can better investigate risks, promote compliance, and enhance efficiency concerning your data map. This review experience allows you to manage pending inventory records that are created by several methods and review inventory records with new or updated data elements.

For more information, see Inventory Review & Automation Feature Guide.

Things to Know

You can now prevent invited users from viewing and selecting inventory records from drop-down fields when answering assessment questions by enabling theAccess control override for invited user inventory drop-down visibilitysetting.

For more information, see Data Mapping Automation Settings and Invited Users FAQ.

About Known Defects

Issues that may impact our customers are documented in our Known Defects Database located here with approved workarounds and targeted releases for resolving the issue.