An organization identifies a risk that data subject access requests may not be managed within the regulatory timeline. The organization decides to outsource the data subject access request process to

Risk transfer involves shifting the financial or operational burden of a risk to a third party, typically through contracts, insurance, or outsourcing arrangements. By outsourcing the DSAR process, the organization moves the responsibility for meeting regulatory timelines to the third party. The third party now bears the operational risk of non-compliance with the regulatory timeline, making this a textbook risk transfer strategy.

Risk acceptance involves acknowledging the risk and consciously deciding to bear it without taking action to shift or reduce it, which is the opposite of outsourcing.

Risk reduction involves implementing internal controls or process improvements to lower the likelihood or impact of the risk within the organization, not shifting it externally.

Risk avoidance involves ceasing or not undertaking the activity that creates the risk entirely, whereas the organization continues to fulfill DSARs - just through a third party.